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Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
"ASOIF's 28 members are:"

1A. Aquatics (swimming) includes Michael Phelps(the most decorated Olympian of all time)	1. Aquatics (diving) includes Greg Louganis(wikipedia says probably the greatest diver in history)	1. Aquatics (high diving)	1. Aquatics (artistic swimming)	1. Aquatics (water polo) includes Brenda Villa(the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo)
1. Aquatics (open water swimming)	2. Archery includes Howard Hill(wikipedia says unofficially referred to as the "World's Greatest Archer". He is the only person to win 196 archery field tournaments in succession.)	3A-C. Athletics includes Daley Thompson	4. Badminton includes George Alan Thomas(Inaugural Member of the Badminton Hall of Fame)	5. Basketball includes Michael Jordan(5 time MVP)
6. Boxing (amateur) includes Muhammad Ali(Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Century)	7. Canoeing includes Rüdiger Helm(19 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds)	8. Cycling includes Eddy Merckx(wikipedia says considered to be the greatest pro-cyclist ever)	9. Equestrianism includes Jessica Springsteen	10. Fencing includes Cécilia Berder
11. Football (soccer) includes Pelé(elected "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee and Reuters News Agency)	12. Golf includes Jack Nicklaus(18 major championships)	13A. Gymnastics (rhythmic gynastics) includes Estela Giménez Cid
13. Gymnastics (artistic gynastics) includes Nadia Comaneci	13. Other Gymastics	14. Handball (team) includes Talant Duyshebaev(IHF World Player of the Year from two countries)	15. Hockey (field) includes Luciana Aymar(the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times)
16. Judo includes Ronda Rousey(the first U.S. woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo (Bronze) ... In 2015, she was the third most searched person on Google.)	17. Modern pentathlon includes András Balczó(considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon)	18. Rowing includes Pertti Johannes Karppinen(three consecutive Olympic gold medals in single sculls)	19. Rugby union includes Tiana Penitani	20. Sailing includes Dennis Conner(Mr. America's Cup)
21. Shooting includes Kim Rhode(first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents and the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games)	22. Table Tennis includes Natalia Partyka	23. Taekwondo includes Diana López	24. Tennis includes Martina Navratilova(18 Grand Slam singles titles)	25. Triathlon includes Paula Newby-Fraser(24 Ironman victories overall (overall record))
26. Volleyball and beach volleyball includes Karch Kiraly(The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, (FIVB), volleyball's highest governing body, honored Kiraly as the greatest volleyball player of the 20th Century)	27. Weightlifting	28. Wrestling included includes Aleksandr Medved(wikipedia says "one of the greatest wrestlers in history".)

Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations
"There are 7 sport federations members of AIOWSF."

1. Biathlon includes Ole Einar Bjørndalen(With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of overall medalists)	2A. Bobsleigh includes Steven Holcomb	2B. Skeleton	3. Curling includes Sandra Schmirler(inductee in WCF Hall of Fame)
4. Ice Hockey includes Wayne Gretzky(9 time MVP)	5. Ice skating (figure skating) includes Sonja Henie(10 time World Champion)	5. Ice skating (Speed skating) includes Bonnie Blair(one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history)	6. Luge includes Maija Tiruma
7A. Skiing (Alpine) includes Jean-Claude Killy	7B1. Skiing (Nordic/Cross-country) includes Anna Haag	7B2. Skiing (Nordic/ski jumping) includes Matti Nykänen(the only ski jumper in history to have won all five of the sport's major competitions)	7B3. Skiing (Nordic/Nordic combined)
7B4. Skiing (Nordic/Ski flying)	7C. Skiing (Freestyle) includes Anton_Kushnir(who won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with the highest score in Olympics history)	7D. Skiing (Snowboarding) includes Shaun White

Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations
The following 37 governing bodies are members of the ARISF.

1. Air sports	2. American football includes Peyton Manning(4 time MVP)	3. Auto racing includes A. J. Foyt(67 American championship racing wins)	4. Bandy	5A. Baseball and softball includes Barry Bonds(7 time MVP)
Baseball and 5B. softball includes Jennie Finch(Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history)	6. Billiard sport	7. Boules	8. Bowling includes Earl Anthony(who amassed records of 43 titles and six Player of the Year awards)	9. Bridge includes Paul Soloway(At the time of his death he held 65,511.92 masterpoints – more than any other player in history, and more than 6000 points ahead of second place)
10. Cheerleading	11. Chess includes Garry Kasparov	12. Cricket includes W.G. Grace(wikipedia says considered by many historians to have been the greatest cricketer of all time)	13. Dance sport	14. Floorball
15. Flying Disc	16. Karate	17. Korfball	18. Life saving	19. Motorcycle sport
20. Mountaineering & Climbing includes ?	21. Muaythai	22. Netball	23. Orienteering includes Ida Bobach	24. Pelota Vasca includes Mariano Juaristi(He is often considered one of the best pelotaris of all time)
25. Polo	26. Powerboating	27. Racquetball	28. Roller sports	29. Ski Mountaineering
30. Sport climbing includes ?	31. Squash includes Jahangir Khan(widely considered to be the greatest player in the history of the game)	32. Sumo	33. Surfing
34. Tug-of-war	35. Underwater sports	36. Water skiing	37. Wushu

Federations recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Global Association of International Sports Federations
There are 93 GAISF Sports. 72 are IOC Sports(those are above). 21 are not IOC Sports(those are below).

1. Aikido	16. Bodybuilding	22. Casting	30. Darts	31. Dragon Boat
32. Draughts Players includes Alexei Chizhov(won more world championships than any player)	35. Fistball	39. Go	45. Ice stock sport	47. Ju-Jitsu
49. Kendo	50. Kickboxing	52. Lacrosse	55. Minigolf	63. Powerlifting
69. Sambo	70. Savate	71. Sepaktakraw
76. Sleddog	77. Soft tennis	79. Sports fishing

Other international sport federations
A few of the other international sports

Horse racing includes Bill Shoemaker(8,833 victories)	Mixed Martial Arts	Poker	Rodeo	Rugby league

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1896 Summer Olympics 30 1 210 Athens, H, GR 1896(04/06) 1896(04/15)	1900 Summer Olympics 33 75 01? Paris(FR101), IDF, FR 1900(05/14) - 1900(10/28)	1904 Summer Olympics 1 63166? 314? Saint Louis(STLS), MO 1904(08/29) - 1904(09/03)	1908 Summer Olympics 44 ? 020 London, England, GB 1908(04/27) - 1908(10/31)	1912 Summer Olympics 46 1? 8 Stockholm, AB, SE 1912(05/05) - 1912(07/22)
1920 Summer Olympics 32 20? 3 Antwerp, VAN, VLG, BE 1920(08/14) - 1920(09/12)	1924 Winter Olympics 33 74 ? Chamonix, Haute-Savoie(FRK28), ARA, FR 1924(01/25) - 1924(02/05)	1924 Summer Olympics 33 75 01? Paris(FR101), IDF, FR 1924(07/05) - 1924(07/27)	1928 Winter Olympics 41 6969 ? St. Moritz, GR, CH 1928(02/11) - 1928(02/19)	1928 Summer Olympics 31 1000? 20 Amsterdam, NH, NL
1932 Winter Olympics 1 12946 518523 Lake Placid(LKPC), Essex County, NY 1932(02/04) - 1932(02/15)	1932 Summer Olympics 1 90086? 213? Los Angeles(LSAN), CA 1932(07/30) - 1932(08/14)	1936 Winter Olympics 49 82467 8821 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, BY, DE 1936(02/06) 1936(06/16)	1936 Summer Olympics 49 1 030 Berlin, BE, DE 1936(08/01) - 1936(08/16)	1948 Winter Olympics 41 6969 ? St. Moritz, GR, CH 1948(01/30) - 1948(02/08)
1948 Summer Olympics 44 ? 020 London, England, GB 1948(07/29) - 1948(08/14)	1952 Winter Olympics 47 00? 2? Oslo, NO 1952(02/14) - 1952(02/25)	1952 Summer Olympics 358 00? 9? Helsinki, FI 1952(07/19) - 1952(08/03)	1956 Winter Olympics 39 32043 436 Cortina d'Ampezzo, BL, IT 1956(01/26) - 1956(02/05)	1956 Summer Olympics 61 3000? ? Melbourne, VIC, AU 1956(11/22) - 1956(12/08)
1960 Winter Olympics 1 96146 530? Squaw Valley/Olympic Valley, Placer County, CA 1960(02/18) - 1960(02/29)	1960 Summer Olympics 39 001 6 Rome, IT 1960(08/25) - 1960(09/11)	1964 Winter Olympics 43 6010 512 Innsbruck, AT 1964(01/29) - 1964(02/09)	1964 Summer Olympics 81 ? 3? Tokyo, JP 1964(10/10) - 1964(10/24)	1968 Winter Olympics 33 38 ? Grenoble, Isère(FRK24), ARA, FR 1968(02/06) 1968(02/18)
1968 Summer Olympics 52 ? ? México, MX, MX 1968(10/12) - 1968(10/27)	1972 Winter Olympics 81 ? 11? Sapporo, JP 1972(02/03) - 1972(02/13)	1972 Summer Olympics 49 80331? 089 Munich, BY, DE 1972(08/26) - 1972(09/11)	1976 Winter Olympics 43 6010 512 Innsbruck, AT 1976(02/04) - 1976(02/15)	1976 Summer Olympics 1C H? 514? Montréal(MTRL), QC 1976(07/17) - 1976(08/01)
1980 Winter Olympics 1 12946 518523 Lake Placid(LKPC), Essex County, NY 1980(02/13) - 1980(02/24)	1980 Summer Olympics 7 101000? 495? Moscow, MOW, RU 1980(07/09) - 1980(08/03)	1984 Winter Olympics 387 BIH71000 33 Sarajevo, BA 1984(02/08) - 1984(02/19)	1984 Summer Olympics 1 90086? 213? Los Angeles(LSAN), CA 1984(07/28) - 1984(08/12)	1988 Winter Olympics 1C T1Y? 403? Calgary(CLGR), AB 1988(02/13) - 1988(02/28)
1988 Summer Olympics 82 0? ? Seoul, KR 1988(09/17) - 1988(10/02)	1992 Winter Olympics 33 73011 ? Albertville, Savoie(FRK27), ARA, FR 1992(02/08) - 1992(02/23)	1992 Summer Olympics 34 080 93 Barcelona, CT, ES 1992(07/25) - 1992(08/09)	1994 Winter Olympics 47 ? ? Lillehammer, NO 1994(02/12) - 1994(02/27)	1996 Summer Olympics 1 30301? 404? Atlanta(ATLN), DeKalb County, Fulton County, GA 1996(07/19) - 1996(08/04)
1998 Winter Olympics 91 ? 26? Nagano, JP 1998(02/07) - 1998(02/22)	2000 Summer Olympics 61 2000? ? Sydney, NSW, AU 2000(09/15) - 2000(10/01)	2002 Winter Olympics 1 84101? 801? Salt Lake City(SLKC), UT 2002(02/08) - 2002(02/24)	2004 Summer Olympics 30 1 210 Athens, H, GR 2004(08/13) - 2004(08/29)	2006 Winter Olympics 39 101 11 Turin, IT 2006(02/10) - 2006(02/26)
2008 Summer Olympics 86 100000 10 Beijing, BJ, CN 2008(08/08) - 2008(08/24)	2010 Winter Olympics 1C V5K? 604? Vancouver(VANC), BC 2010(02/12) - 2010(02/28)	2012 Summer Olympics 44 ? 020 London, England, GB 2012(07/27) - 2012(08/12)	2014 Winter Olympics 7 354000? 862 Sochi, KDA, RU 2014(02/07) - 2014(02/23)	2016 Summer Olympics 55 20000001? 21 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR 2016(08/05) - 2016(08/20)
2018 Winter Olympics 82 253? ? Pyeongchang, KR 2018(02/09) - 2018(02/25)	2020 Summer Olympics 81 ? 3? Tokyo, JP 2021(07/23) - 2021(08/08)	2022 Winter Olympics 86 100000 10 Beijing, BJ, CN 2022(02/04) - 2022(02/20)	2024 Summer Olympics 33 75 01? Paris(FR101), IDF, FR 2024(07/26) - 2024(08/11)
2026 Winter Olympics 39 201 2 Milan, IT 39 32043 436 Cortina d'Ampezzo, BL, IT 2026(02/06) - 2026(02/22)	2028 Summer Olympics 1 90086? 213? Los Angeles(LSAN), CA 2028(07/21) - 2028(08/06)	2030 Winter Olympics 1C V5K? 604? Vancouver(VANC), BC 81 ? 11? Sapporo, JP 34 080 93 Barcelona–Pyrenees, CT, ES Barcelona–Pyrenees 1 84101? 801? Salt Lake City(SLKC), UT 2030	2032 Summer Olympics 61 4000? ? Brisbane, QLD, AU 2032(07/23) - 2032(08/08)

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