Association of the IOC-recognized International Sports Federations

NameAssociation of the IOC-recognized International Sports Federations
AbbreviationARISF
Founded

Description

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognizes a number of international sports federations whose sports are not yet on the Olympic Program. This recognition is important, for it is a first step towards getting a sport admitted to the Olympic Program. As of 2017, the IOC has recognized the international federations for the following sports (in addition to those on the Olympic Program): aeronautics (air sports), American football, auto racing, bandy, baseball and softball, billard sport, boules, bowling, bridge, cheerleading, chess, cricket, dance sport, floorball, flying disc, karate, korfball, life saving, motorcycle sport, mountaineering & climbing, muaythai, netball, orienteering, pelota vasca, polo, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, ski mountaineering, sport climbing, squash, sumo, surfing, tug-of-war, underwater sports, water skiing, and wushu. These IOC Recognized International Sports Federations have grouped together to form the Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations. They are headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the ARISF currently has 37 member federations, as noted above. The current (2017) president is Raffaele Chiulli of the Union Internationale Motonautique. The statutes of the ARISF state that its aims are “to determine the consensus of the member federations on questions relating to the Olympic Movement … and to coordinate and defend the common interest of its members in [that] context.”

Presidents

Tenure Name Country Notes
1983—1998 Kim Un-Yong KOR
1998—2005 Ron Froehlich USA
2005—2013 Jan Fransoo NED
2013— Raffaele Chiulli ITA