Välbe Out Of The FIS Council

by Leandro Lutz • 26.05.2022
Jelena Välbe was not re-elected to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Council board. Eighteen members were elected.

Jelena Välbe was not re-elected to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Council board. Eighteen members were elected.

Today, at the General Assembly of the 53rd International Ski Congress held in Milan, Italy, 18 members were elected to the FIS Council for a two-year term, 2022/2024.

Of the 18 members, 6 are new, and 12 were re-elected. The Russian Jelena Välbe was the least voted candidate and is out of the FIS Council.

Elected FIS Council Members 2022/2024

  • Flavio Roda, Italy – 114 votes
  • Enzo Smrekar, Slovenia – 113 votes
  • Deidra Dionna, Canada – 107 votes 
  • Urs Lehmann, Switzerland – 107 votes
  • Erik Røste, Norway – 106 votes
  • Patrick Ortlieb, Austria – 105 votes 
  • Aki Murasato, Japan – 103 votes
  • Dean Gosper, Australia – 102 votes
  • Martti Uusitalo, Finland – 99 votes
  • Roman Kumpost, Czech Republic – 98 votes
  • Mats Arjes, Sweden – 96 votes
  • Magdalena Kast, Argentina – 96 votes 
  • Franz Steinle, Germany – 93 votes
  • Moses Liangcheng Zheng, China – 85 votes
  • Anne-Chantal Pigelet, France – 84 votes 
  • Patrick Toussaint, Andorra – 83 votes 
  • Tzeko Minev, Bulgaria – 81 votes
  • Fiona Stevens, New Zealand – 78 votes
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