International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, The Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
ISU Championships
In addition to sanctioning other international competitions, the ISU designates the following competitions each year as "ISU Championships":
- Speed skating:
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (held only in non-Olympic years)
- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
- World Junior Speed Skating Championships
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
- World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- European Speed Skating Championships
- European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- Figure skating:
Note that events such as the Olympic Winter Games and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating are not ISU Championships. However, they do count towards Personal Best scores.
First world championships
Dates and locations of first world championships in various disciplines held under the auspices of the ISU:
- 1893: Speed skating (men only), Amsterdam
- 1896: Figure skating (men only), St. Petersburg
- 1906: Figure skating (ladies), Davos
- 1908: Figure skating (pairs), St. Petersburg
- 1936: Speed skating (women), Stockholm
- 1952: Figure skating (ice dance), Paris
- 1970: Sprint speed skating, West Allis, Wisconsin
- 1978: Short track speed skating, Solihull, UK
- 2000: Synchronized skating, Minneapolis
Presidents of the ISU
- 1882 - 1894 Willem J. H. Mulier
- 1894 - 1924 Viktor Balck
- 1925 - 1937 Ulrich Salchow
- 1937 - 1945 Gerrit W. A. van Laer
- 1945 - 1953 Herbert J. Clarke
- 1953 - 1967 James Koch
- 1967 - 1967 Ernst Labin
- 1967 - 1980 Jacques Favart
- 1980 - 1994 Olaf Poulsen
- since 1994 Ottavio Cinquanta
See also
External links
- ISU official web site
- ISU Judging System - Official site for ISU's judging system (software and manuals)
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