International Winter Sports Week
An International Winter Sports Week is a multi-sport event of winter sports with a program spanning consecutive days longer than a weekend which includes participants from multiple nations.
France
The International Winter Sports Week (French: Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver with Concours International de Ski) organized by the Club Alpin Français (CAF) Winter Sports Commission was a winter multi-sport event held annually from 1907 to 1929 in France.<ref>Allen, E. John B. (2014) “How concern for the national health and military preparedness led France to build the infrastructure for Chamonix, 1924” ISHA</ref><ref>Les premiers Jeux olympiques d'hiver s'ouvrent à Chamonix gouvernement.fr</ref> Events included ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, bobsleigh and luge, and had a weekly attendance in the thousands.
Sites
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- 1907. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Feb 9–13<ref>Bloch, David (2022) Le Grand Livre du Ski Marabout Template:ISBN Page 98</ref>
- 1908. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Jan 3–5<ref>The Alpine Journal, Volume 24, page 243 Alpine Club, 1909</ref><ref>International ski competition Gaumont</ref>
- 1909. Morez, Jan 31–Feb 5<ref>
La pratique hivernale de la montagne Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM)</ref>
- 1910. Cauterets, Jan 21–27
- 1911. Le Lioran, Feb 10–15
- 1912. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 2–7
- 1913. Gérardmer, Feb 1–4
- 1914 – 1919 Not held
- 1920. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 15–17
- 1921. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 2–6<ref>L'Économiste français, Volume 50 pg 126 Impr. centrale des chemins de fer, 1922</ref>
- 1922. Morez
- 1923. Luchon-Superbagnères, Feb 1–5<ref>Superbagnères-Luchon Le Voyageur en France (1923) Vol 1 #1:4</ref>
- 1924. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Jan<ref>Sports d'Hiver La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1925 pg 338</ref>
- 1925. Le Revard (cancelled)
- 1926. Pontarlier, Jan 27–31<ref>La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1925 pg 344</ref>
- 1927. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 9–13<ref>La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1926 pg 312</ref>
- 1928. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (cancelled)
- 1929. Luchon-Superbagnères<ref>Arnaud, Pierre and Terret, Thierry (1993) Le rêve blanc, olympisme et sport d'hiver en France: Chamonix 1924, Grenoble 1968 Bordeaux University Press Template:ISBN p. 38</ref>
Germany
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen holds an annual International Winter Sports Week (German: Internationale Wintersportwoche). Five editions were held from 1937 to 1941 then resumed in 1950.<ref>von Merkatz, Hans Joachim & Metzner, Wolfgang (1954) Germany Today: Facts and Figures A. Metzner Template:OCLC Page 245</ref><ref>American Girl is Fifth in Downhill Ski Race D.C. Evening Star January 25, 1953, Page C-6</ref><ref>1975 Pan Am's World Guide: The Encyclopedia of Travel Random House Template:ISBN Page 104</ref>
Other
In 1971 Sapporo, Japan held an International Winter Sports Week.<ref>Johnson, William (1971) "As Smooth as Silk in Sapporo" Sports Illustrated</ref>
See also
References
External links
- Wintersportwoche in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at Europeana
- Kleine Olympiaschanzen Competitions at skisprungschanzen.com