The European Confederation of Roller Skating (, CERS), currently branded as World Skate Europe (WSE; infrequently as 'World Skate Europa'), is a governing body of
roller skating
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and
inline skating
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in Europe. The World Skate Europe is a member of
World Skate
World Skate is the only governing body in the world for all sports performed on skating wheels. The organisation is the successor of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) founded on the 21 of April 1924.
Due to the 2022 Russia ...
, formerly the
International Roller Sports Federation
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(FIRS).
Due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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, World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022.
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Sports
World Skate Europe is the highest regulating body of six roller sport disciplines in Europe:
* Artistic roller skating and inline figure skating
* Freestyle slalom skating, Freestyle skating
* Inline hockey
* Inline speed skating
* Roller hockey (Quad), Roller hockey
* Skateboarding*
*Skateboarding does not have a representative member in the Central Committee of World Skate Europe
Subsidiaries
*World Skate Europe - Artistic Skating (WSE Artistic)
**previously known as the ''Comite European de Patinage Artistico'' or CEPA
**President: Margaret Brooks (
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, Italy)
*World Skate Europe - Inline Freestyle (WSE Freestyle)
**President: Vladimir Tkachev (
Moscow
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, Russia)
* World Skate Europe - Inline Hockey (WSE In-Line Hockey)
**also known as the ''Comité Européen de Roller In Line Hockey'' or CERILH
**President: Boris Darlet (
Bordeaux
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, France)
* World Skate Europe - Speed Skating (WSE Speed)
**also known as the ''Comité Européen de Course'' or CEC
*
(WSE Rink-Hockey)
**also known as the ''Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey'' or CERH
**President: Agostinho Peixoto da Silva (
Porto
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, Portugal)
*World Skate Europe - Skateboarding
**President: Luca Basilico (
Lombardy
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, Italy)
See also
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World Roller Games
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References
External links
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