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'''SportAccord''' (until April 2009 <ref>{{cite web |author=Chinese Olympic Committee |title=GAISF rebranded as SportAccord |url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-04-02/1768812.html |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref>): ''General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)''; {{lang-fr|Association Générale des Fédérations Internationales des Sports (AGFIS)}} was formed to promote communication and cooperation among various international sports federations. Twenty-six such international sports associations participated in the founding of GAISF in 1967 in [[Lausanne]]; today more than 100 sports and organizers of sports events are represented. SportAccord works closely with the [[Olympic Games|Olympics movement]]. It is headquartered in Lausanne since 2009; It was headquartered from its founding in 1978 in Lausanne, in [[Monaco]] from 1978 until 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=History |url= http://www.agfisonline.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5148-175958-193176-38848-258712-custom-item,00.html|work=Official Web site of SportAccord |publisher=|date= |accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref>
'''SportAccord''' (until April 2009 <ref>{{cite web |author=Chinese Olympic Committee |title=GAISF rebranded as SportAccord |url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-04-02/1768812.html |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref>): ''General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)''; {{lang-fr|Association Générale des Fédérations Internationales des Sports (AGFIS)}} was formed to promote communication and cooperation among various international sports federations. Twenty-six such international sports associations participated in the founding of GAISF in 1967 in [[Lausanne]]; today more than 100 sports and organizers of sports events are represented. SportAccord works closely with the [[Olympic Games|Olympic Movement]]. It is headquartered in Lausanne since 2009; It was headquartered from its founding in 1978 in Lausanne, in [[Monaco]] from 1978 until 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=History |url= http://www.agfisonline.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5148-175958-193176-38848-258712-custom-item,00.html|work=Official Web site of SportAccord |publisher=|date= |accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref>


==Federations Members==
==Federations Members==

Revision as of 15:36, 8 November 2010

SportAccord
Formation1967
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersLausanne Switzerland
Membership
87 International Sports Federations
Official language
English, French
President
Hein Verbruggen Netherlands
Websitehttp://www.sportaccord.com

SportAccord (until April 2009 [1]): General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF); French: Association Générale des Fédérations Internationales des Sports (AGFIS) was formed to promote communication and cooperation among various international sports federations. Twenty-six such international sports associations participated in the founding of GAISF in 1967 in Lausanne; today more than 100 sports and organizers of sports events are represented. SportAccord works closely with the Olympic Movement. It is headquartered in Lausanne since 2009; It was headquartered from its founding in 1978 in Lausanne, in Monaco from 1978 until 2009.[2]

Federations Members

Associated members

List of GAISF presidents

  • 1967-1969: W. Berge Phillips (Australian member of FINA)
  • 1969-1986: Thomas Keller (Swiss member of FISA)
  • 1986-2004: Un Yong Kim (Korean member of WTF)
  • 2004-Now: Hein Verbruggen (Acting president, member of the UCI)

See also

References

  1. ^ Chinese Olympic Committee. "GAISF rebranded as SportAccord". Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  2. ^ "History". Official Web site of SportAccord. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
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