FIS Chief Gian Franco Kasper Becomes AIOWF President

International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian Franco Kasper has been elected President of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federation (AIOWF).

The announcement was made at the SportAccord convention in Belek, hospital Turkey on Tuesday.

At the same meeting FIS Secretary General Sarah Lewis was appointed as the organisation’s Secretary General.

Kasper succeeds International Ice Hockey Federation President and fellow Swiss Rene Fasel who served as President since 2002. He formerly led the association from 2000-2002 and will now serve a four-year term.

On the first day in office, the seven Presidents and Secretary Generals of AIOWF met with the IOC Executive Board. Immediately afterwards they then held a joint meeting with the Council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) to discuss matters of common interest.

“It is an honour to be elected as the President of AIOWF by my Winter Sports Federation peers. I look forward to working to ensure the winter sports family continues to grow and prosper”, Kasper commented after the elections

Sarah Lewis added: “We are very much used to working with different disciplines within FIS and look forward to using this experience to strengthen the winter federations and contribute as a group to the Olympic Movement.”