International Federation of Rowing Societies

International Federation of Rowing Societies. Known by its acronym as FISA , it is the international organization that is dedicated to regulating the rules in rowing events at a competitive level in the world, as well as regularly holding competitions and events. It is based in Lausanne , Switzerland . The acting president, in 1989 , is the Swiss Denis Oswald.

Summary

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• 1 History
• 2 Organization
  • 1 Presidents
  • 2 Category
• 3 Continental Federations
• 4 Events
• 5 Sources

History

It was founded on June 25 of the 1892 in Turin , Italy represented by France , Switzerland , Belgium , Adriatic and Italy and as first president was the Canadian Les McDonald.

In 1893 the first European Rowing Championship was held in Orta , Italy with 10 entries in 3 events.

FISA is the first international sports federation to join the Olympic movement ( IOC ) in 1896 and due to inclement weather the rowing events were canceled at the I Olympic Games .

In the II Olympic Games the first Olympic rowing tournament is held .

In 1922 , FISA is established in Lausanne , Switzerland .

In 1962 , FISA held the first edition of the World Rowing Championships in Lausanne , Switzerland .

The Olympic rowing program introduced light event categories for the first time at the XVI Olympic Games , individual women must not weigh more than 59kg, the average crew weight can be no more than 57kg, while individual men must not weigh more than 72.5kg, the average weight of the crew can be no more than 70kg.

Organization

The FISA is made up of the President, Vice President, Executive Council, the Congress held every 2 years and the Technical Committees.

Presidents

Category

The categories recognized by the FISA in which international events are held are the following:

Continetal Federations

FISA has the membership of 130 National Federations distributed by the 5 Continental Federations:

The African Rowing Federation ( FASA ) is affiliated with 24 national federations:

The Panamerican Rowing Confederation ( COPARE ) is located in Paysandú , Uruguay and 26 national federations are affiliated:

The Asian Rowing Federation ( ARF ) [1] are affiliated with 32 national federations:

The Confederation of European Rowing Federations ( CEFR ) are affiliated with 43 national federations:

The Oceanic Rowing Association ( AOR ) [2] is affiliated with 5 national federations:

Events

• Rowing World Cup
• World Rowing Championships
• World Speed ​​Championships.
• Coastal World Championships.
• Professional World Regatta.