Sport | Shooting sports |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Membership | 150 regions |
Abbreviation | ISSF |
Founded | 1907 |
Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
President | Luciano Rossi |
Vice president(s) | Catherine Fettell John Hansen Kim Rhode Yifu Wang |
Secretary | Willi Grill |
Official website | |
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The International Shooting Sport Federation, aka ISSF, is the governing body of Olympic shooting events. It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events. The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the World Cup and World Championships.[1]
The ISSF was founded in 1907 as the International Shooting Union, changing its name in 1998. The Federation affiliates more than 150 National Shooting Federations from around the world.[2] The ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany.[3] Since 2022, the ISSF Presidency has been held by Luciano Rossi ,[4] a former Italian Senator and head of the Italian Clay Pigeon Federation (FITAV).
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ISSF banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions.[5] In March 2023, the new president Luciano Rossi of Italy expressed his desire to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes so they can compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[6][7]
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