International Shooting Sport Federation

International Shooting Sport Federation
SportShooting sports
JurisdictionInternational
Membership150 regions
AbbreviationISSF
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
PresidentLuciano Rossi [it]
Vice president(s)Catherine Fettell
John Hansen
Kim Rhode
Yifu Wang
SecretaryWilli Grill
Official website
www.issf-sports.org

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 [it],[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]

  1. ^ "Continental Championships - Europe". issf-sports.org. 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ Barth, Katrin; Dreilich, Beate (1 October 2010). Training Shooting Sports. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-84126-305-2.
  3. ^ Golob, Julie (13 December 2013). "Olympic Shooting Sports". Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-62636-607-7.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISSF-President-Rossi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Australian Sports Minister believes ISSF should remove Lisin as President". Inside the Games. 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022.
  6. ^ Mihir Vasavda (26 March 2023). "Russian shooters likely to feature in Asian events, pathway to Olympics could open up, says International Shooting Federation president". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ^ Yaroslav Shovkoplyas (25 March 2023). "Президент Международной федерации спортивной стрельбы – о россиянах и белорусах: "Мы двигаемся к тому, чтобы постепенно открываться, потому что это нехорошо, что спортсмены платятся за эту ситуацию"" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 March 2023.