World OCR Establishes Headquarters in Switzerland

February 21, 2018

Announces National Member Federations representing 75 Countries

Lausanne, Switzerland: World OCR, the Fédération Internationale de Sport d’Obstacles (FISO), announced today the founding of its legal domicile in Switzerland and confirmation of the Hungarian OCR Association as its 75^th national member federation. Obstacle Course Racing (OCR), with over 20 million active participants, is the fastest growing mass participation sport globally, and includes brands such as Spartan Race and Tough Mudder.

Formerly known as the International Obstacle Sports Federation, World OCR’s move to Lausanne places its world headquarters close to the home of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA.) The City of Lausanne has been known as the Olympic Capital since 1994 and is home to 40 international sporting organizations.

FISO President, Mr. Ian Adamson from Australia said that “The decision to establish the Swiss domicile was agreed at the federation’s 4^th international congress held in Manila, Philippines on January 28^th.” The Congress is the General Assembly of the member National Federations (NFs) and is the highest authority of FISO.

World OCR produces and collaborates on international events, including the Shardana World Team Challenge (Italy, April 14^th), OCR World University & World Youth Championships (Philippines November 13^th) and continental championships in the Americas (USA, summer), Asia (Philippines, January 28^th), and Europe (Denmark, June 30^th – July 2^nd.)

World OCR facilitates safety, fairness and opportunities for athletes to compete at every level. This includes international results and rankings, officials, training, rule enforcement, insurance services, coaching, training camps, event information, event services, news, education, adjudication and more.

In support of the above goals, World OCR is a member of the ASTM International working group on obstacle safety and will be attending the inaugural Safe Sport International conference in Madrid on April 6-7^th.

About World OCR

World OCR, the Fédération Internationale de Sport d’Obstacles (FISO) the sole competent authority for obstacle sports and related disciplines worldwide, is working toward meeting the requirements for recognition as specified by the Global Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). We are an independent association composed of national member federations worldwide.

More Information: www.WorldOCR.org

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