French Federation of Ice Sports (or French Ice Sports Federation; or FFSG) is the national governing body 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, 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 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 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
Le livre d'or du patinage d'Alain Billouin, éditions Solar, 1999
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