French Federation of Ice Sports
National governing body From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National governing body From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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.
| 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 |
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