Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
Sport | Motorcycle sport |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Abbreviation | FIM |
Founded | 1904 |
Headquarters | Mies, Switzerland |
President | Jorge Viegas |
Official website | |
www.fim-live.com [9] |
There are six[4] motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 65 world championships and prizes: road racing, motocross (including snowcross,[5]) trials, enduro, rallies (including cross-country & bajas) and track racing (combining grasstrack and speedway). FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women.
Sport | Motorcycle sport |
---|---|
Jurisdiction | International |
Abbreviation | FIM |
Founded | 1904 |
Headquarters | Mies, Switzerland |
President | Jorge Viegas |
Official website | |
www.fim-live.com [9] |
History
Vito Ippolito, president of FIM since 2006.
The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM),[6] which itself was founded in Paris, France,[7] on 21 December 1904. The British Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved, but reborn in 1912 with the headquarters now located in England. The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.
The name was changed to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famed Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred to Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.
1994 saw the headquarters relocated, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle. The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2006, Vito Ippolito (Venezuela) is the first non-European president of the FIM.
FIM competitions
Road racing
FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing
FIM Superbike World Championship
FIM Supersport World Championship
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
FIM Endurance World Championship
FIM Sidecar World Championship
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
MotoE World Cup
Off-road racing
FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
FIM World Enduro Championship
International Six Days Enduro
FIM SuperEnduro World Championship
FIM Motocross World Championship
Motocross des Nations
FIM Supercross World Championship
FIM Sidecarcross World Championship
FIM Snowcross World Championship
FIM Trial World Championship
Trial des Nations
FIM Speedway World Championship
FIM Supermoto World Championship
Supermoto of Nations
FIM Freestyle Motocross World Championship
Members
See also
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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