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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme FIM
Sport	Motorsport
Area of jurisdiction	International
Formation date	1904
Headquarters	Mies, Switzerland
President	Vito Ippolito
Chief Exec	Guy Maitre
Official website
www.fim.ch

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM, International Motorcycling Federation) is the governing body of motorcycle racing. It represents 98 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions.

There are five motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 34 world championships and prizes: road racing, motocross, trials, enduro, and track racing (combining grasstrack and speedway). FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy.

[edit] History

The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded in Paris, France, on December 21, 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 Reliabilty 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 once again, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle. 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 centenary and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October.

[edit] See also

• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

[edit] Members

[edit] External links

• fim.ch Official website

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