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

Sites

1913 Gérardmer event poster

• 1907. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Feb 9–13^[3]
• 1908. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Jan 3–5^[4][5]
• 1909. Morez, Jan 31–Feb 5^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 1922. Morez
• 1923. Luchon-Superbagnères, Feb 1–5^[8]
• 1924. Briançon-Montgenèvre, Jan^[9]
• 1925. Le Revard (cancelled)
• 1926. Pontarlier, Jan 27–31^[10]
• 1927. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Feb 9–13^[11]
• 1928. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (cancelled)
• 1929. Luchon-Superbagnères^[12]

Germany

1938 Internationale Wintersportwoche event badge

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

• Nordic Games
• GEM Altigliss Challenge