Winter Olympic Federations

WOF

Winter Olympic Federations
Abbreviation	WOF
Formation	1976 (1976)
Type	Nonprofit organization
Purpose	Inter-sport federation organisation
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
President	Kim Jae-youl
Parent organization	International Olympic Committee

The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is a nonprofit organization of international sports federations that compete in the Winter Olympic Games.¹²³

Among other tasks, the WOF encourages cooperation among its members and is in charge of coordinating the competition calendar. The WOF is the qualified spokesperson dealing with specific issues related to winter sports in general and the Winter Olympic Games in particular.²

From its establishment to 2000, it was named Association of International Winter Sports Federations (AIWF). It added "Olympic" in its title in 2000, to become AIOWF. It again renamed itself on 14 November 2023 to WOF.¹ Its current president is Kim Jae-youl of the International Skating Union and it is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.²

The Council is composed of a President and four Members, all from different Federations. One of the five Members is elected as secretary general. The President and all the Members are elected for 4-year mandates. The Treasurer is nominated by the Council on the proposal of the President as an executive position. The Treasurer is also on the Council, but without voting rights.

Designation	Name	Country	Sport Federation
President	Kim Jae-youl	South Korea	International Skating Union
Secretary General	Colin Grahamslaw	United Kingdom	World Curling
Council Members	Einars Fogelis	Latvia	International Luge Federation
	Heike Groesswang	Germany	International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
	Beau Welling	United States	World Curling
	Alexander Ospelt	Liechtenstein	International Ski and Snowboard Federation
	Luc Tardif	France	International Ice Hockey Federation
Treasurer	Fredi Schmid	Switzerland	International Skating Union

International sports federations that govern a sport in the program of the Winter Olympic Games are members of the WOF.² As of March 2025, it has seven full members and one associate member.

Sport	International federation	Acronym	National associations	Year founded	President	Official website	Notes
Biathlon	International Biathlon Union	IBU	61	1993	Olle Dahlin	biathlonworld.com
Bobsleigh & Skeleton	International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation	IBSF	74	1923	Heike Groesswang	ibsf.org
Curling	World Curling		71	1966	Beau Welling	worldcurling.org
Ice hockey	International Ice Hockey Federation	IIHF	82	1908	Luc Tardif	iihf.com
Luge	International Luge Federation	FIL	53	1957	Einars Fogelis	fil-luge.org
Ice skating	International Skating Union	ISU	101	1892	Kim Jae-youl	isu.org
Skiing & Snowboarding	International Ski and Snowboard Federation	FIS	132	1924	Alexander Ospelt	fis-ski.com

Sport	International federation	Acronym	National associations	Year founded	President	Official website	Notes
Ski mountaineering	International Ski Mountaineering Federation	ISMF	554	2008	Regula Meier	ismf-ski.com	5a