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Over the next eight months
there are three events where FIS and IOC members will be voting
to allow women to compete in a World Championship and the Olympic
Winter Games in Ski Jumping. Key voting individuals are the senior
representatives with the FIS (the International Governing Body
for Skiing) and the USSA (The United States Ski and Snowboard Assoication,
the National Govering Body for skiing in the U.S.) The events are:
FIS Ski-Jumping Sub-Committee Meeting
April 9, 2006 - Norway (Link)
Cruise ship "Trollfjord" from Tromso to Trondheim,
Norway
Chairman: Jouko Toermaenen (FIN)
Race Director: Walter Hofer (FIS)
Members:
| Pierre Bailly (FRA) |
Hippolyt
Kempf (SUI) |
Sandro
Pertile (ITA) |
| Rudolf Höhnl
(CZE) |
Joe Lamb (USA) |
Thomas Pfüller
(GER) |
| Juri Kalinin (RUS) |
Lech Nadarkiewicz
(POL) |
Ron Read (CAN) |
| Yukio Kasaya (JPN) |
Bertil Palsrud
(NOR) |
Horst Tielmann
(NED) |
| Primoz Ulaga (SLO) |
Ernst Vettori (AUT) |
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FIS
45th International Ski Congress 2006 (link)
May 21 - 27, Hotel Marinotel, Vilamoura/Algarve (POR)
President: Gian Franco Kasper SUI
Vice-presidents:
Anatolij Akentiev RUS,
Yoshiro Ito JPN,
Bill Marolt USA (President and CEO, USSA),
Carl Eric Stålberg SWE
Secretary-general:
Sarah Lewis FIS
Members:
| Gaetano
Coppi ITA |
Janez
Kocijancic SLO |
Marjo
Matikainen-Kallström FIN |
| Geoff
Henke AUS |
Sung-Won
Lee KOR |
Pablo
Rosenkjer ARG |
| Milan
Jirasek CZE |
Peter
Schröcksnadel AUT |
Sverre
Seeberg NOR |
| Patrick
Smith CAN |
Michel
Vion FRA |
Fritz
Wagnerberger GER |
IOC
Executive Board Meeting (IV) (link)
November 29, Lausanne (SWI)
President: Jacques
Rogge Belgium
Vice Presidents:
James L. Easton USA,
Gunilla Lindberg Sweden,
Lambis V. Nikolaou Greece,
Chiharu Igaya Japan
Members:
| Toni
Khoury Lebanon |
Gerhard
Heiberg Norway |
Alpha
Ibrahim Diallo Guinea |
| Denis
Oswald Switzerland |
Mario
Vázquez Raña Mexico |
Ottavio
Cinquanta Italy |
| Sergey
Bubka Ukraine |
Zaiqing
Yu People's Republic of China |
Richard
L. Carrión Puerto Rico |
| Ser
Miang Ng Singapore |
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Let Women Jump!
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1. There are not enough
women involved in competition-level ski-jumping.
ANSWER = The Official
FIS web site lists 142 women ski-jumpers, of which 109 are actively
competing.
2. There are
not enough contries involved in competition-level ski-jumping.
ANSWER
= 14 countries are currently active in Women's Ski-Jumping - Austria,
Canada, Czech, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, Slovakia, Swizterland, Sweden, USA.
3. This is a new discipline, new event and requries extensive
review and (sub) committee approvals.
ANSWER=Ski-jumping has been an Olympic sport since 1924. This
is not a new discipline or new event. It only requires additional
time allocation to allow the women to jump. |
