Health Data
Injury Data
FIS Injury Surveillance System: Injury Data (2006-2019)
The FIS Injury Surveillance System was developed prior to the 2006/07 season by FIS in collaboration with the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC). Athletes were interviewed by research teams at final World Cup events each season.
This report synthesises injury data from the FIS Injury Surveillance System spanning 13 seasons (2006–2019). Across this period, researchers interviewed 11,757 athletes and documented 3,950 injuries requiring medical attention. The surveillance covers Alpine Skiing (World Cup and European Cup), Freestyle Skiing, Snowboarding, and Ski Jumping.
Discipline-Specific Reports
FIS Alpine Skiing Injury Surveillance (2017–2024)
This report draws on injury surveillance data from Alpine Skiing collected through the FIS Single Penalty system.
It is important to understand that this surveillance system captures only the most severe injuries, therefore when athletes sustain injuries severe enough to prevent competition for at least 8 months. These applications therefore form the basis of the analysis.
Data were collected and analysed by University of Innsbruck.
Resources & Documents
FIS Survey Injury & Illness Prevention
Snow sports stakeholder practices, beliefs, needs, responsibilities, and communication preferences regarding injury and illness prevention in competitive snow sports were surveyed in an online survey during the last quarter of 2023.
This survey included all potential stakeholders in competitive snow sports involved in injury and illness prevention, such as athletes, coaches, health and technical supporting team, ski racing supplier and International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) representatives spanning snow sports governed by FIS, specifically alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined, across all competition levels.
A total of 436 stakeholders responded, representing 23 nations across 5 continents, with 79.4% completing the full survey. Out of the 436 respondents, 56.4% were athletes, 25.1% coaches and 14.7 team staff, while the remainder of the respondents were from the ski racing industry (1.1%) and FIS representartives (2.8%).
See below the written report together with a set of infographics spanning the mentioned FIS snow sport disciplines for a more comprehensive overview of the results.
This work was led by Dr. Oriol Bonell Monsonís (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands), Professor Jörg Spörri (Bälgrist University Hospital, Switzerland), Professor Evert Verhagen (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands) and colleagues from the Athlete Health Protection project together with the FIS Athlete Health Unit.
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See below the scientific publication: