Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation (UFSF) is an organization created to fill the gap in the ISU Provisional Members list after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. USFS was supposedly created in the early 1992 and admitted as an ISU member in late 1992 along with other newly recognized post-Soviet states (Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan).
USFS was and still is a part of the state sport governance hierarchical system – legacy of the USSR, and has nothing to do with voluntary association commonly understood by “federation”. Members join USFS simply because it’s the only way to get to international competitions and get a chance to receive at lease some state funding.
Video and post on results of 30 years of UFSF (in Ukrainain):
UFSF history can be divided on 5 periods: Mykhailovska (1991 – 2000), Melnychenko (2000 – 2004), Suprun (2004 – 2012), Larin (2012 – 2016), Makarov (2016 – ). However, UFSF presidents play little role in day to day decision making.
Federation web sites:
ufsf.org.ua
ufsf.org
ufsf.com.ua
Some facts
- Number of skaters (competing in the last 20 years) on board: 0
- Number of published minutes of president's elections: 0
- Number of published minutes of general assembly: 0
- Number of clubs representatives on board: 0
- Percentage of DUSSH "Lider" (Kyiv) board on UFSF board: 30%
- Percentage of other DUSSH or clubs representatives on board: 0%
