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Finn Christian Jagge

Finn Christian Jagge ("Finken"), 1966–2020, Norwegian alpine skier; Olympic slalom gold at Albertville 1992 ahead of Alberto Tomba; seven World Cup slalom wins, 17 podiums, four Olympics.

Finn Helgesen

Finn Helgesen (1919–2011), Norwegian speed skater, Oslo SK; won 1948 Olympic 500 m gold in 43.1, an Olympic record, and placed fifth in the 1952 Oslo 500 m.

Fiona MacDonald

Fiona MacDonald (née Brown, born 1974, Paisley) is a Scottish curler who won gold playing second for Great Britain at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics; 1993 World Junior champion, later a Bank of Scotland account manager.

FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup

FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup (Coppa Europa), FIS's European continental alpine skiing cup below the World Cup; one of five Continental Cups; 100-to-1 points scale, quota-based entry, November-to-March season feeding World Cup qualification.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is an annual alpine ski racing series organized by FIS, first contested in 1967, with racers scoring points toward Crystal Globe titles.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's seasons, 1980–1999

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's seasons from 1980 to 1999 were dominated by repeat overall champions Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marc Girardelli, Lasse Kjus, and Hermann Maier.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's seasons, 2000–2009

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's seasons, 2000–2009, cover the overall titles won by Benjamin Raich, Aksel Lund Svindal, and Bode Miller from 2005–06 onward.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup records and statistics

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup records and statistics cover overall crystal globe title holders, season points records, and discipline marks since the circuit began in 1966/67.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships: biennial alpine skiing world championship first held 1931 in Mürren, Switzerland; held every two years, most recently Saalbach 2025, next Crans-Montana 2027 and Val Gardena 2031.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931–1939 (pre-war era)

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931–1939 were the first nine editions of the alpine skiing world championship, run annually in Europe from Mürren in 1931 to Zakopane in 1939.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950, held at Aspen, Colorado, 13–18 February 1950; 11th edition, first outside Europe, giant slalom debuted; overall winners Zeno Colo and Dagmar Rom.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954, 13th edition, held in Åre, Sweden, 28 February to 7 March 1954; 134 competitors from 20 countries; Stein Eriksen of Norway won three golds.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, 15th edition, Bad Gastein, Austria, 2–9 February 1958; Toni Sailer won downhill, giant slalom, and combined gold plus slalom silver; Josl Rieder won the slalom; first live-televised major sports event in Austria.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962, held in Chamonix, France, 11–18 February; 18th edition with eight races in downhill, slalom, giant slalom, and combined for men and women.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966, held at Portillo, Chile, August 4–14, 1966; 19th edition, the only alpine worlds in the Southern Hemisphere; 160 athletes from 22 countries; France won 16 of 24 medals, Killy and Goitschel starred.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1968–1982 (odd-year classic era)

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1968–1982 were editions whose Olympic-year races doubled as the Winter Olympics alpine events, with standalone championships at St. Moritz 1974 and Garmisch 1978.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985–1999 (super-G era)

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985–1999 comprise eight editions from Bormio 1985 to Vail 1999, an era defined by the super-G's 1987 debut and an odd-year calendar.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001–2009

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001–2009 were five biennial world championships in alpine skiing, held at St. Anton, St. Moritz, Bormio, Åre, and Val d'Isère.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011–2019

Held across five editions from Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 to Åre 2019, the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships saw Marcel Hirscher achieve seven gold medals, tying the men's record.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021, 46th edition, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 7-21 February 2021. Austria led the medals; Kriechmayr took the men's speed double, Gut-Behrami won two golds, and parallel events debuted.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023, Courchevel-Méribel, 47th alpine skiing world championships, 6-19 February 2023; Switzerland led the medal table, Odermatt and Shiffrin starred, USA won the mixed team parallel.

FIS Cross-Country Long-Distance Cup

The FIS Cross-Country Long-Distance Cup, historically the FIS Marathon Cup, was a season-long points competition over ski marathons run by FIS and Worldloppet from 1999/2000.

FIS Cross-Country Sprint Cup

The FIS Cross-Country Sprint Cup is the sprint-discipline sub-classification of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, won by the athlete with the most sprint points over the season.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup

FIS Cross-Country World Cup: annual FIS cross-country skiing series with distance and sprint standings, Crystal Globe titles, Tour de Ski stage race, 100-to-1 points, equal men's and women's distances since 2022/23.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions and records

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is the International Ski Federation's season-long ranking series in cross-country skiing, with Overall, Distance, and Sprint titles plus a Nations Cup; an unofficial series dates to 1973–74.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup seasons (men's)

The men's FIS Cross-Country World Cup is a season-long points series organized by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, first held in 1981/82; Johannes Høsflot Klæbo leads career wins with 98.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup seasons (women's)

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup seasons for women record overall crystal globe champions since 1982, led by Elena Välbe with five titles and Marit Bjørgen with 114 race wins.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup venues and host towns

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup venues are the European host towns staging the season-long circuit, including Ruka's floodlit opener and the Tour de Ski's Final Climb at Val di Fiemme.

FIS Cup (ski jumping)

The FIS Cup is the entry-level international ski jumping series run by the International Ski Federation, below the Continental Cup, where one point earns Continental Cup eligibility.

FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships

FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships: annual FIS junior world titles in Moguls, Dual Moguls, Aerials and team events. Held 2026 in Airolo (SUI), 2025 in Almaty, 2027 in Arxan and Duved-Åre.