24 May 2017
The World Flying Disc Federation ("WFDF") is pleased to announce that the International University Sport Federation (the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire, or FISU) has agreed to provide WFDF with the seal of a FISU recognised sport. The recognition was acknowledged inWorld Flying Disc Federation a letter sent by FISU President Oleg Matytsin (RUS) dated 22 May 2017.
"WFDF is extremely honored and pleased to obtain FISU recognition," stated WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch. "We appreciate the advice and encouragement provided by the respective FISU departments and we thank FISU President Oleg Matytsin, Secretary General Eric Saintrond, and WUC Director Paulo Ferrerira for their tremendous support. With the popularity and growth of Flying Disc sports at the university level around the world, and with the full support of our member national associations and several National University Sport Federations (NUSFs), we look forward to being able to formally contribute to the University sports movement."
FISU, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is responsible for the organization and governance of worldwide competitions for student-athletes between the ages of 17 and 28. It was founded in 1949 as the world governing body of national university sports organizations and currently has 170 national federation members. FISU stages its events every two years, including two Universiades (summer and winter) and 32 World University Championships. FISU also hosts a number of educational conferences, forums and seminars. These events closely assist in promoting sport as one of the main components of the educational system.
Per our recognition letter, "FISU has undertaken a detailed restructuring of its sports programme and has recently approved the proposal which it will implement over the coming years. This proposal is aligned with FISU’s strategy, as well as with the overarching view it has for the University Sports Movement... Moving forward, FISU has selected to continue organizing the more representative sports and has, at the same time, introduced two new concepts. The first is the creation of sport clusters, which group a number of previous individual competitions in one single event. The other concept is the attribution of recognition to sports that FISU sees as being of interest to the University Sports Movement. Events organized in these sports will be endorsed by FISU and may be included in the programme of the FISU Universiade as an optional sport. Also, in time, the sport may be included in the World University Championships or Leagues programmes."
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Best regards,
Volker Bernardi
Executive Director
World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)
Enggasse 2a, D - 55296 Harxheim, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6138 / 90 20 868
Fax: +49 (0) 6138 / 90 20 869
Mobile: +49 176 64 19 77 02
eMail: volker.bernardi@wfdf.org
Web: www.wfdf.org
About WFDF: The World Flying Disc Federation is the international sports federation responsible for world governance of flying disc (FrisbeeTM) sports, including Ultimate, Beach Ultimate, Guts, and Individual Events. WFDF is a federation of member associations which represent flying disc sports and their athletes in more than 75 countries. WFDF is an international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a member of ARISF, SportAccord and the International World Games Association, and it is a registered not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in the state of Colorado, USA. The WFDF Executive Committee: President Robert L. "Nob" Rauch, Secretary Thomas Griesbaum, Treasurer Kate Bergeron.
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