Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme facts for kids
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| Sport | Motorcycle sport |
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| Jurisdiction | International |
| Abbreviation | FIM |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Headquarters | Mies, Switzerland |
| President | Jorge Viegas |
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; English: International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions.
There are seven motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 82 world championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships: enduro, trial, circuit racing, motocross and supermoto, cross country, e-bike, and track racing. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 6, 2022, FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.
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History
The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded in Paris, France, on 21 December 1904. The British Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved, but reborn in 1912 with the headquarters now located in England. The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.
The name was changed to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famed Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred to Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.
1994 saw the headquarters relocated, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle wheel. The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2018, Jorge Viegas (Portugal) is President of the FIM.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 6, 2022, FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.
FIM competitions
Road racing
- FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- FIM Superbike World Championship
- FIM Supersport World Championship
- FIM Supersport 300 World Championship
- FIM Endurance World Championship
- FIM Sidecar World Championship
- FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
- FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
- European Talent Cup
- MotoE World Cup
- Asia Talent Cup
Off-road racing
- FIM World Rally-Raid Championship
- FIM Bajas World Cup
- FIM World Enduro Championship
- FIM Hard Enduro World Championship
- International Six Days Enduro
- FIM SuperEnduro World Championship
- FIM Motocross World Championship
- Motocross des Nations
- FIM Supercross World Championship
- FIM Sidecarcross World Championship
- FIM Snowcross World Championship
- FIM Trial World Championship
- Trial des Nations
- FIM Speedway World Championship
- FIM Supermoto World Championship
- Supermoto of Nations
- FIM Freestyle Motocross World Championship
- FIM E-Xbike World Cup Race (Electric bicycle)
FIM Motorcycle Racing Helmet Testing & Homologation
In 2019, the FIM (the governing body for international motorcycle sport) decided to implement its own helmet testing regime. Helmet manufacturers have to submit helmets for testing and the FIM then lab tests them to make sure they are up to the job of protecting racers.
Members
See also
In Spanish: Federación Internacional de Motociclismo para niños
