Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport

Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport (AIMS) is an international sport organization founded in 2009 that represents sports federations that were not yet recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1] It is a stakeholder of SportAccord.^[2] As of March 2025, nine member federations have achieved IOC recognition, and three have been included in the Olympic programme.^[3]

Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport

Abbreviation	AIMS
Formation	2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Type	NGO
Purpose	Inter-sports federation organisation
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
Membership	20
Secretary General	Dr. Gerhard Zimmermann
President	Stephan Fox
Website	aims.sport

AIMS Council

The council is composed of a President, First vice-president, Second vice-president, Secretary General and treasurer.

Designation	Name	Country	Sports Federation
President	Stephan Fox
First Vice-president	Panagiotis Theodoropoulos
Second Vice-president	Julie Gabriel
Secretary General	Dr. Gerhard Zimmermann
Treasurer	Kei Izawa

Members

AIMS is a stakeholder of SportAccord that represents sports federations that were not yet recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). As of March 2025, AIMS has 21 full member federations.^[4]

Sport	International federation	Official website	Notes
Aikido	International Aikido Federation (IAF)		[a]
Angling (sport fishing)	Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive (CIPS)	cips-fips.com
Arm wrestling	World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)	waf-armwrestling.com
Boxing	World Boxing (WB)	worldboxing.org	[5][b]
Casting	International Casting Sport Federation (ICSF)	icsf-castingsport.com	[a]
Darts	World Darts Federation (WDF)	dartswdf.com
Dragon boat	International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF)	dragonboat.sport
Draughts	World Draughts Federation (FMJD)	fmjd.org
Fistball	International Fistball Association (IFA)	ifa-fistball.com	[a][c]
Fitness and Bodybuilding	International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB)	ifbb.com	[a][c]
Go	International Go Federation (IGF)	intergofed.org
Sport Ju-Jitsu	Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF)	jjif.sport	[a]
Kendo	International Kendo Federation (FIK)	kendo-fik.org
Miniature golf	World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF)	gov.minigolfsport.com	[c]
Powerlifting	International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)	powerlifting.sport	[a]
Practical shooting	International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)	ipsc.org
Savate	Federation Internationale de Savate (FISav)	savate.sport
Sepak takraw	International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF)	sepaktakraw.one	[c]
Sled dog sports	International Federation of Sleddog Sports	sleddogsport.net
Soft tennis	International Soft Tennis Federation (ISTF)	softtennis-istf.com
Teqball	International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ)	fiteq.org	[c]

Associate Members

As of March 2025, AIMS has 9 associate members.^[6]

Sport	International federation	Official website	Notes
American football	International Federation of American Football (IFAF)	americanfootball.sport	Now in ARISF
Cheerleading	International Cheer Union (ICU)	cheerunion.org	Now in ARISF
Flying disc sports	World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)	wfdf.sport	Now in ARISF
Ice stock sport	International Federation Icestocksport (IFI)	icestock.sport	Now in ARISF
Kickboxing	World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO)	wako.sport	Now in ARISF
Lacrosse	World Lacrosse (WL)	worldlacrosse.sport	Now in ARISF
Muay Thai	International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA)	muaythai.sport	Now in ARISF
Sambo	Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS)	sambo.sport	Now in ARISF
Ski mountaineering	International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF)	ismf-ski.org	Now in ARISF

Notes

1. Also a member of International World Games Association (IWGA).
2. Also a provisional member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF), pending ratification by ARISF general assembly.
3. Also a member of The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA).