International Winter Sports Week

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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.

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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.[1][2] Events included ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, bobsleigh and luge, and had a weekly attendance in the thousands.

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Germany[edit]

Garmisch-Partenkirchen holds an annual International Winter Sports Week (German: Internationale Wintersportwoche). Five editions were held from 1937 to 1941 then resumed in 1950.[13][14][15]

Other[edit]

In 1971 Sapporo, Japan held an International Winter Sports Week.[16]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Allen, E. John B. (2014) “How concern for the national health and military preparedness led France to build the infrastructure for Chamonix, 1924” ISHA
  2. ^ Les premiers Jeux olympiques d'hiver s'ouvrent à Chamonix gouvernement.fr
  3. ^ Bloch, David (2022) Le Grand Livre du Ski Marabout ISBN 9782501177726 Page 98
  4. ^ The Alpine Journal, Volume 24, page 243 Alpine Club, 1909
  5. ^ International ski competition Gaumont
  6. ^ La pratique hivernale de la montagne Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM)
  7. ^ L'Économiste français, Volume 50 pg 126 Impr. centrale des chemins de fer, 1922
  8. ^ Superbagnères-Luchon Le Voyageur en France (1923) Vol 1 #1:4
  9. ^ Sports d'Hiver La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1925 pg 338
  10. ^ La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1925 pg 344
  11. ^ La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1926 pg 312
  12. ^ Arnaud, Pierre and Terret, Thierry (1993) Le rêve blanc, olympisme et sport d'hiver en France: Chamonix 1924, Grenoble 1968 Bordeaux University Press ISBN 9782867811340 p. 38
  13. ^ von Merkatz, Hans Joachim & Metzner, Wolfgang (1954) Germany Today: Facts and Figures A. Metzner OCLC 1314735 Page 245
  14. ^ American Girl is Fifth in Downhill Ski Race D.C. Evening Star January 25, 1953, Page C-6
  15. ^ 1975 Pan Am's World Guide: The Encyclopedia of Travel Random House ISBN 9780394496306 Page 104
  16. ^ Johnson, William (1971) "As Smooth as Silk in Sapporo" Sports Illustrated

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