The Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), formerly Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF), is a nonprofit organization of international sports federations that compete in the Winter Olympic Games.

Among other tasks, the WOF encourages cooperation among its members and is in charge of coordinating the competition calendar. The WOF is the qualified spokesperson dealing with specific issues related to winter sports in general and the Winter Olympic Games in particular.

From its establishment to 2000, it was named Association of International Winter Sports Federations (AIWF). It added "Olympic" in its title in 2000, to become AIOWF. It again renamed itself on 14 November 2023 to WOF. Its current president is Kim Jae-youl of the International Skating Union and it is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

WOF Council

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

DesignationNameCountrySport Federation
PresidentKim Jae-youlSouth KoreaInternational Skating Union
Secretary GeneralColin GrahamslawUnited KingdomWorld Curling
Council MembersEinars FogelisLatviaInternational Luge Federation
Heike GroesswangGermanyInternational Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
Beau WellingUnited StatesWorld Curling
Alexander OspeltLiechtensteinInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation
Luc TardifFranceInternational Ice Hockey Federation
TreasurerFredi SchmidSwitzerlandInternational Skating Union

Members

International sports federations that govern a sport in the program of the Winter Olympic Games are members of the WOF. As of March 2025, it has seven full members and one associate member.

Full members

SportInternational federationAcronymNational associationsYear foundedPresidentOfficial websiteNotes
BiathlonInternational Biathlon UnionIBU611993Sweden Olle Dahlin
Bobsleigh & SkeletonInternational Bobsleigh and Skeleton FederationIBSF741923Germany Heike Groesswang
CurlingWorld Curling711966United States Beau Welling
Ice hockeyInternational Ice Hockey FederationIIHF821908France Luc Tardif
LugeInternational Luge FederationFIL531957Latvia Einars Fogelis
Ice skatingInternational Skating UnionISU1011892South Korea Kim Jae-youl
Skiing & SnowboardingInternational Ski and Snowboard FederationFIS1321924Liechtenstein Alexander Ospelt

Associate members

SportInternational federationAcronymNational associationsYear foundedPresidentOfficial websiteNotes
Ski mountaineeringInternational Ski Mountaineering FederationISMF552008Switzerland Regula Meier

See also

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External links

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