Association of Summer Olympic International Federations

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is a non-profit association of international sports federations that compete in the Summer Olympic Games. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the same city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also headquartered.

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
AbbreviationASOIF
Formation30 May 1983 (1983-05-30)
TypeNonprofit
PurposeInter-sport federation organisation
HeadquartersLausanne
Official language
English, French
President
Francesco Ricci Bitti
Vice President
Uğur Erdener
Executive Director
Andrew Ryan

ASOIF Council

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

DesignationNameCountrySport Federation
PresidentFrancesco Ricci Bitti ItalyInternational Tennis Federation, (Honorary Life President)
Vice PresidentUğur Erdener TurkeyWorld Archery Federation
Council MembersSebastian Coe United KingdomWorld Athletics
Ingmar De Vos BelgiumInternational Equestrian Federation
Marisol Casado SpainInternational Triathlon Union
Morinari Watanabe JapanInternational Gymnastics Federation
Nenad Lalovic SerbiaUnited World Wrestling
Executive DirectorAndrew Ryan United Kingdom

Members

ASOIF's members are:[1]

Sport Federation Acronym President Official website
Aquatic sportsFédération Internationale de NatationFINA Julio Maglionefina.org
ArcheryWorld Archery FederationWA Uğur Erdenerworldarchery.org
AthleticsWorld AthleticsWA Lord Sebastian Coeiaaf.org
BadmintonBadminton World FederationBWF Poul-Erik Høyer Larsenbwfbadminton.org
Baseball/Softball (Associate Member)World Baseball Softball ConfederationWBSC Riccardo Fraccariwbsc.org
BasketballInternational Basketball FederationFIBA Hamane Niangfiba.basketball
BoxingInternational Boxing AssociationAIBA Gafur Rakhimovaiba.org
CanoeingInternational Canoe FederationICF José Perurenacanoeicf.com
CyclingUnion Cycliste InternationaleUCI David Lappartientuci.ch
EquestrianFédération Équestre InternationaleFEI Ingmar De Vosfei.org
FencingFédération Internationale d'EscrimeFIE Alisher Usmanovfie.org
Field hockeyInternational Hockey FederationFIH Narinder Druv Batrafih.ch
FootballFédération Internationale de Football AssociationFIFA Gianni Infantinofifa.com
GolfInternational Golf FederationIGF Peter Dawsonigfgolf.org
GymnasticsFédération Internationale de GymnastiqueFIG Morinari Watanabefig-gymnastics.com
HandballInternational Handball FederationIHF Hassan Moustafaihf.info
JudoInternational Judo FederationIJF Marius Vizerijf.org
Karate (Associate Member)World Karate FederationWKF Antonio Espinóswkf.net
Modern pentathlonUnion Internationale de Pentathlon ModerneUIPM Klaus Schormannpentathlon.org
Roller sports (Associate Member)World SkateWS Sabatino Aracuworldskate.org
RowingFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'AvironFISA Jean-Christophe Rollandworldrowing.com
Rugby unionWorld RugbyWR Bill Beaumontworldrugby.org
SailingWorld SailingWS Quanhai Lisailing.org
ShootingInternational Shooting Sport FederationISSF Vladimir Lisenissf-sports.org
Sports climbing (Associate Member)International Federation of Sport ClimbingIFSC Marco Maria Scolarisifsc-climbing.org
Surfing (Associate Member)International Surfing AssociationISA Fernando Aguerreisasurf.org
Table tennisInternational Table Tennis FederationITTF Thomas Wiekartittf.com
TaekwondoWorld TaekwondoWT Choue Chung-wonworldtaekwondo.org
TennisInternational Tennis FederationITF David Haggertyitftennis.com
TriathlonWorld TriathlonWT Marisol Casadotriathlon.org
VolleyballFédération Internationale de VolleyballFIVB Ary Graçafivb.com
WeightliftingInternational Weightlifting FederationIWF Dr Michael Irani (Interim)iwf.net
WrestlingUnited World WrestlingUWW Nenad Lalovicunitedworldwrestling.org

History

On 30 May 1983, the 21 International Federations governing the sports included at the time on the programme of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games decided to form the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

ASOIF was formed, as stated in the first article of its constitution 'to co-ordinate and to defend the common interests of its members' and to 'ensure close co-operation between its members, and members of the Olympic Movement and other organisations'. These needs were identified in order to preserve the unity of the Olympic movement while maintaining 'the authority, independence and autonomy of the member International Federations.'

The members of ASOIF meet once a year in a General Assembly. The General Assembly usually precedes the joint meeting between the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee and the International Federations where a multitude of topics are discussed in the common interests of the Olympic Movement.

In 2015, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 had proposed five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. Olympic Agenda 2020 gives host cities the option of suggesting new sports and events for inclusion in their edition of the Games. Karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing and baseball/softball will be added to the Olympic Programme in Tokyo 2020. ASOIF has amended its statutes to enable IFs “governing sports included within the events programme for a specific edition of the Summer Olympic Games” to become “Associate Members”.

ASOIF is administered by an executive body, the Council, which consists of seven individual members, most of which are presidents of Summer Olympic International Federations.

The ASOIF General Secretariat is located in Lausanne and is administered by the ASOIF Executive Director.

See also

Notes and references

  1. "ASOIF – Members". asoif.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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