Inline figure skating

Sport discipline

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Inline figure skating

Dirk Pieter Hogerwerf - The Netherlands
Highest governing body	Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports
Nicknames	Inline skating
Characteristics
Team members	Individuals, duos, or groups
Mixed-sex	Yes
Equipment	Inline skates

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Inline figure skating is inline skating similar to figure skating on inline

skates—three or four-wheel frames with a toe-stop, mounted on figure skating boots in rockered configuration.

Inline figure skating began as an off-ice training alternative for ice figure skaters. The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) has recognized it as artistic roller skating on inline skates and includes inline figure skating freestyle competitions at its world championships.^[1][2]

Types of skaters

Ice / Inliners

Ice figure skaters who train off-ice on inline figure skates.

Quad / Inliners

Artistic roller skaters who also skate on inline figure skates.

Organizations

• International Roller Sports Federation
• Off-Ice Skating
• World Inline Figure Skating Association World Inline Figure Skating Association - WIFSA

The World Inline Figure Skating Association was established in Paris January 30, 2011.^[3] The President is Fernand Fedronic.

The 8th inline skating Worlds was held in Cork July 5–8, 2018. Teams from France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, United States, Ireland and others competed.^[4]

The 9th inline skating Worlds was in Fasano, Italy, July 2019.

The 10th inline skating Worlds will be held in Brwinow, Poland on July 5–8, 2020.^{[needs update]}

References