The European Confederation of Roller Skating (French: Confédération Européenne de Roller Skating, CERS), currently branded as World Skate Europe (WSE; infrequently as 'World Skate Europa'),[1] is a governing body of roller skating and inline skating in Europe.[2] The World Skate Europe is a member of World Skate, formerly the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS).
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| Abbreviation | WSE |
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| Affiliation | World Skate |
| Headquarters | Rua António Pinto Machado, 60 Porto, Portugal |
| President | Luís Sénica |
| Vice president(s) | Ignacio González Pereira Fernando Leandro Naroli |
| Secretary | Ricardo Araújo |
| Official website | |
| www | |
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Skate banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions, and will not stage any events in Russia or Belarus in 2022.[3]
Sports
editWorld Skate Europe is the highest regulating body of six roller sport disciplines in Europe:
- Artistic roller skating and inline figure skating
- Freestyle skating
- Inline hockey
- Inline speed skating
- Roller hockey
- Skateboarding*
- World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey
- Skateboarding does not have a representative member in the Central Committee of World Skate Europe
Events
edit- European Inline Speed Skating Championships
- European Artistic Roller Skating Championships
- European Freestyle Skating Championships
- Rink Hockey Men (Roller Hockey)
- Rink Hockey Women (Roller Hockey)
- European Inline Hockey Championships
- European Inline Alpine Championships
- European Inline Downhill Championships
- European Inline Freestyle Championships
- European Skateboarding Championships
- European Scootering Championships
- European Roller Derby Championships
- European Roller Freestyle Championships
Subsidiaries
edit- World Skate Europe - Artistic Skating (WSE Artistic)[4]
- World Skate Europe - Inline Freestyle (WSE Freestyle)[6]
- President: Vladimir Tkachev (Moscow, Russia)
- World Skate Europe - Inline Hockey (WSE In-Line Hockey)
- World Skate Europe - Speed Skating (WSE Speed)
- also known as the Comité Européen de Course or CEC[8]
- World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey (WSE Rink-Hockey)
- also known as the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey or CERH
- President: Agostinho Peixoto da Silva (Porto, Portugal)
- World Skate Europe - Skateboarding
- President: Luca Basilico (Lombardy, Italy)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Skate Executive Board". World Skate. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
Fernando Elias Claro, First Vice President of World Skate
- ^ "Skater Fashion: Passion, Fashion, and Functionality". Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "World Skate finally bans-russian- Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials". www.insidethegames.biz. 2 April 2022.
- ^ "World Skate Europe Artistic Rule Book 2021" (PDF). CERS-RollerSkating.eu. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "CERS Comites Techniques". CERSkating.eu. 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "European Freestyle Skating Championship 2019 Results" (PDF). CERS-RollerSkating.eu. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Darlet, Boris. "World Skate Europe - Inline Hockey (European Roller In Line Hockey Committee)". CERILH.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "CERS-CEC Sports Rules – Speed Roller Skating" (PDF). CERS-RollerSkating.eu. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2021.