French Federation of Ice Sports (or French Ice Sports Federation; French: Fédération française des sports de glace or FFSG) is the national governing body for a number of ice sports in France.[2]
| Fédération française des sports de glace | |
 | |
| Abbreviation | FFSG |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1942 |
| Type | National sports governing body |
| Location |
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Region | France |
President | Gwenaëlle Noury[1] |
| Affiliations | UEG, FIG |
| Website | www |
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
editThe French Federation of Ice Sports manages several groups of sports:
- Artistic sports: figure skating, ice dance, synchronized skating, and ballet on ice
- Performance sports on ice rink: speed skating, and short track
- Performance sports on ice track: bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton
- 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
edit- See the section "Missions" in the French Wikipedia.
Presidents of the FFSG
edit| Name | Dates of presidency | "Home" sport | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georges Guérard | 1941–1961 | ||
| 2 | Édouard Lafonta | 1962–1963 | ||
| 3 | Philippe Potin | 1964–1967 | Ice hockey | Heir of the brand "Félix Potin" and ice hockey philanthropist |
| 4 | Jacques Favart | 1968-1969 | Figure skating | President of the ISU from 1967 to 1980 |
| 5 | Antoine Faure | 1970–1971 | Ice hockey[3] | President of the Étoile Sportive Briançonnaise (ESB) |
| 6 | Jean Heckly | 1972–1980 | Speed skating | |
| 7 | Pierre Courbe-Michollet | 1980–1984 | ||
| 8 | Jean Ferrand | 1984–1990 | Ice hockey | |
| 9 | Bernard Goy | 1990–1998 | Ice hockey | |
| 10 | Didier Gailhaguet | 1998–2004 | Figure skating | 1st term of office, resigned following the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal |
| 11 | Norbert Tourne | 2004–2006 | Speed skating | |
| 12 | Claude Ancelet | 2006–2007 | ||
| 13 | Didier Gailhaguet | 2007–2020 | Figure skating | 2nd term of office, resigned following a scandal related to alleged coverup of sexual abuse cases among coaches and skaters. Former skate Sarah Abitbol published a book that year detailing abuse when she was a teenager. |
| 14 | Nathalie Péchalat | 2020–2022 | Figure skating (ice dance) | |
| 15 | Gwenaëlle Noury | 2022–present | Figure skating |
References
edit- ^ "Nathalie Péchalat battue, Gwenaëlle Noury nouvelle présidente de la Fédération". rfi. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Atlas national des fédérations sportives 2012" (PDF) (in French). 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Marc Branchu. "Histoire d'un club" (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- Le livre d'or du patinage d'Alain Billouin, éditions Solar, 1999