ISF & FIS Together Closer To The First Edition Of ISF Winter Gymnasiade 2023
The International School sport Federation (ISF) President Laurent Petrynka and ISF Secretary General Hrvoje Custonja visited the International Ski and Snowboard Federation at its Autumn Technical Meetings on 29th of September meeting FIS President Johan Eliasch and FIS Secretary General Michel Vion for the signing of the technical agreement between two federations.
Not only will this cooperation strengthen the winter school sports and events under the organization of the ISF, but it will enrich the experience of the upcoming first edition of the ISF Winter Gymnasiade taking place in February 2023 in Erzurum in Turkey. New sports that have been added to the program include Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Cross-Country Skiing.
“The cooperation with the International School Sport Federation provides us a close link to youth and helps us to drive initiatives to bring kids to the snow. It will not only strengthen and grow the skiing and snowboarding community but also foster events that teach important values and life skills. FIS looks forward to leveraging synergies with ISF and offering opportunities for school athletes to compete in winter sports.” said FIS President Johan Eliasch
"With the support of FIS, winter events will be more successful, safe and more developed looking at the bright future and bigger possibilities for the school athletes to compete in winter sports representing their schools and countries around the world."
“With this great collaboration with FIS we are ready for the successful future of the upcoming editions of the ISF winter Gymnasiades. With joined efforts, we will assure that, together, schools athletes can participate and share the values of both of our federations.” said ISF President Laurent Petrynka
"We are looking forward to the professionalization of the school sports and winter school sports events having ISF Winter Gymnasiade as a shared crown of the 2023 sports season.'
*International School Sport Federation with its existence since 1972. is an international non-profit sports organization as an governing body for national school sports organizations around the world. It’s mission is to provide school athletes safe and professional field of play, sports events on global level and opportunity for each school student to practice sports from an early age through school and to develop through the sporting values and education. ISF consists of 132 members over the five continents organizing over 10 events per year and has more than 30 different sports in its competition program.
