French Federation of Ice Sports

French Federation of Ice Sports
Fédération française des sports de glace
AbbreviationFFSG
Formation1942; 82 years ago (1942)
TypeNational sports governing body
Location
  • 41-43 rue de Reuilly, 75012 Paris
Region
France
President
Gwenaëlle Noury[1]
AffiliationsUEG, FIG
Websitewww.ffsg.org

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]

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:

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

See the section "Missions" in the French Wikipedia.

Presidents of the FFSG

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

  1. ^ "Nathalie Péchalat battue, Gwenaëlle Noury nouvelle présidente de la Fédération". rfi. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Atlas national des fédérations sportives 2012" (PDF) (in French). 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ^ Marc Branchu. "Histoire d'un club" (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  • Le livre d'or du patinage d'Alain Billouin, éditions Solar, 1999