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International Federation of Sport Climbing
International Federation of Sport Climbing Logo.svg
Formation 27 January 2007 (2007-01-27)
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Turin, Italy
Membership
81 member federations
President
Marco Maria Scolaris
Marco Scolaris IFSC 2017-08-19 2340
Marco Scolaris, President of the IFSC, in 2017

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competitive climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering. It was founded in Frankfurt on 27 January 2007 by 48 member federations, and is a continuation of the International Council for Competition Climbing, which had been in existence from 1997 to 2007 and was a part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA).

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Federación Internacional de Escalada Deportiva para niños

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