International_Winter_Sports_Week

International Winter Sports Week

International Winter Sports Week

Multiple sports event spanning consecutive days

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

Sites

Germany

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

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

See also

References

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    Allen, E. John B. (2014) “How concern for the national health and military preparedness led France to build the infrastructure for Chamonix, 1924” ISHA
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    Bloch, David (2022) Le Grand Livre du Ski Marabout ISBN 9782501177726 Page 98
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    The Alpine Journal, Volume 24, page 243 Alpine Club, 1909
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    International ski competition Gaumont
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    La pratique hivernale de la montagne Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM)
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    La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1926 pg 312
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    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
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    American Girl is Fifth in Downhill Ski Race D.C. Evening Star January 25, 1953, Page C-6
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    Johnson, William (1971) "As Smooth as Silk in Sapporo" Sports Illustrated
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