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| Sport | Motorcycle sport |
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| Jurisdiction | International |
| Abbreviation | FIM |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Headquarters | Mies, Switzerland |
| President | Jorge Viegas |
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TheInternational Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) or (FIM) is the global governing/sanctioning body ofmotorcycle racing.[1] It represents 123 nationalmotorcycle federations that are divided into six continental unions.
There are ten motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 62 international championships as well as 188 secondary championships ofcircuit racing,enduro,Speedway Racing,Trials,Off-Roading,Motorcross,Supercross,Sno-Cross,Sidecars, andE-Bikes. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women.
The FIM was born from theFédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded inParis, France, on 21 December 1904. TheBritishAuto-Cycle Union was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved, but reborn in 1912 with the headquarters now located in England. TheSix Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.
The name was changed to theFédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famedRoad Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred toGeneva, Switzerland in 1959.
1994 saw the headquarters relocated, this time toMies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle wheel. The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress inCape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by theInternational Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, Australia.
2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2018, Jorge Viegas (Portugal) is President of theFIM.
Due to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 March 2022,FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.[2]
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| Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM) | ||
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| Term | President | Nationality |
| 1904–1905 | A. de Lahausse |  France |
| 1905–1906 | Marquis de Mouzilly Saint-Mars | France |
| 1912–1924 | Arthur Stanley |  United Kingdom |
| 1924–1946 | Alberto Bonacossa |  Italy |
| 1946–1947 | Augustin Pérouse | France |
| 1947–1949 | Marcel Haecker |  Switzerland |
| Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) | ||
| Term | President | Nationality |
| 1949–1951 | Marcel Haecker | Switzerland |
| 1951–1959 | Augustin Pérouse | France |
| 1959–1965 | Pieter Nortier |  Netherlands |
| 1965–1983 | Nicolás Rodil del Valle |  Spain |
| 1983–1989 | Nicolas Schmit |  Luxembourg |
| 1989–1995 | Jos Vaessen | Netherlands |
| 1995–2006 | Francesco Zerbi | Italy |
| 2006–2018 | Vito Ippolito |  Venezuela |
| 2018–present | Jorge Viegas |  Portugal |
In 2019, the FIM decided to implement its own helmet testing regime. Helmet manufacturers have to submit helmets for testing, and the FIM then lab tests them to make sure they are up to the job of protecting racers.[citation needed]
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