International Winter Sports Week
{{Short description|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.Allen, E. John B. (2014) [https://www.skiinghistory.org/news/french-connection-first-winter-games “How concern for the national health and military preparedness led France to build the infrastructure for Chamonix, 1924”] ISHA[https://www.gouvernement.fr/partage/9920-ceremonie-d-ouverture-des-premiers-jeux-olympiques-d-hiver-a-chamonix Les premiers Jeux olympiques d'hiver s'ouvrent à Chamonix] gouvernement.fr Events included ice hockey, ice skating, skiing, bobsleigh and luge, and had a weekly attendance in the thousands.
= Sites =
File:Chemins de fer de l'Est - Tauzin Louis (1912) b.jpg event poster]]
- 1907. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Feb 9–13Bloch, David (2022) [https://books.google.com/books?id=rQKeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 Le Grand Livre du Ski] Marabout {{ISBN|9782501177726}} Page 98
- 1908. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Jan 3–5[https://books.google.com/books?id=aCRNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243 The Alpine Journal], Volume 24, page 243 Alpine Club, 1909[https://www.gaumontpathearchives.com/index.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=152229 International ski competition] Gaumont
- 1909. Morez, Jan 31–Feb 5
[https://centrefederaldedocumentation.ffcam.fr/le-ski.html La pratique hivernale de la montagne] Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM)
- 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[https://books.google.com/books?id=ImRJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA126 L'Économiste français], Volume 50 pg 126 Impr. centrale des chemins de fer, 1922
- 1922. Morez
- 1923. Luchon-Superbagnères, Feb 1–5[https://books.google.com/books?id=DSXnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4 Superbagnères-Luchon] Le Voyageur en France (1923) Vol 1 #1:4
- 1924. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Jan[https://books.google.com/books?id=wUYPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA338 Sports d'Hiver] La Montagne, Club alpin français, 1925 pg 338
- 1925. Le Revard (cancelled)
- 1926. Pontarlier, Jan 27–31[https://books.google.com/books?id=wUYPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA344 La Montagne], Club alpin français, 1925 pg 344
- 1927. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 9–13[https://books.google.com/books?id=3kYPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA312-IA3 La Montagne], Club alpin français, 1926 pg 312
- 1928. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (cancelled)
- 1929. Luchon-SuperbagnèresArnaud, Pierre and Terret, Thierry (1993) [https://books.google.com/books?id=BDWV_DtRLgQC&pg=PA38 Le rêve blanc, olympisme et sport d'hiver en France: Chamonix 1924, Grenoble 1968] Bordeaux University Press {{ISBN|9782867811340}} p. 38
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.von Merkatz, Hans Joachim & Metzner, Wolfgang (1954) Germany Today: Facts and Figures A. Metzner {{OCLC|1314735}} Page 245[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1953-01-25/ed-1/seq-59/ American Girl is Fifth in Downhill Ski Race] D.C. Evening Star January 25, 1953, Page C-61975 Pan Am's World Guide: The Encyclopedia of Travel Random House {{ISBN|9780394496306}} Page 104
Other
In 1971 Sapporo, Japan held an International Winter Sports Week.Johnson, William (1971) [https://vault.si.com/vault/1971/02/22/as-smooth-as-silk-in-sapporo "As Smooth as Silk in Sapporo"] Sports Illustrated
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Championnat de France de ski}}
- [https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/92064/bildarchivaustria_Preview_1083615 Wintersportwoche in Garmisch-Partenkirchen] at Europeana
- [http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/GER-Germany/BY-Bavaria/Garmisch-Partenkirchen/0593-Olympiaschanze/ Kleine Olympiaschanzen Competitions] at skisprungschanzen.com
Category:Winter multi-sport events
Category:Winter sports competitions in France
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1907
Category:1907 establishments in France
Category:1929 disestablishments in France
Category:Defunct multi-sport events
Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany