International Shooting Sport Federation
| Sport | Shooting sports |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | International |
| Membership | 150 regions |
| Abbreviation | ISSF |
| Founded | 17 July 1907 |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
| President | Luciano Rossi |
| Vice president(s) | Catherine Fettell John Hansen Kim Rhode Yifu Wang |
| Secretary | Alessandro Nicotra di San Giacomo |
| Official website | |
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The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of Olympic shooting events. It also regulates several non-Olympic shooting sport events. The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the World Cup and World Championships.
The ISSF was founded in 17 July 1907 This international shooting federation was dissolved in 1916. After World War I the international body was founded as Union Internationale de Tir (abbreviated as UIT, in English translated as International Shooting Union) by among others Gerard van den Bergh. The name changed to its current name in 1998. The Federation affiliates more than 150 National Shooting Federation. The ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany. Since 2022, the ISSF Presidency has been held by Luciano Rossi, a former Italian Senator and head of the Italian Clay Pigeon Federation (FITAV).
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ISSF banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from its competitions. In March 2023, the new president Luciano Rossi of Italy expressed his desire to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes so they can compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.