French Federation of Ice Sports (or French Ice Sports Federation; french: Fédération française des sports de glace or ''FFSG'') is the

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for a number of ice sports in France. It manages completely different sports disciplines whose only commonality is that they are practiced on ice. This explains the structural complexity of the organization.

Sport disciplines

The French Federation of Ice Sports manages several groups of sports: * Artistic sports: figure skating,

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, synchronized skating, and ballet on ice * Performance sports on ice rink: speed skating, and short track * Performance sports on ice track: bobsleigh,

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, and

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* Team sport: curling From 1942 to 2006, the FFSG also managed French ice hockey. Creation of the French Ice Hockey Federation on April 29, 2006 established an independent body to supervise this sport.

Mission

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" in the French Wikipedia.''

Presidents of the FFSG

References

* ''Le livre d'or du patinage'' d'Alain Billouin, éditions Solar, 1999

External links

* {{Authority control

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