The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, commonly known by the acronym FIE, is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. Today, its head office is at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FIE is composed of 155 national federations, each of which is recognized by its country's Olympic Committee as the sole representative of Olympic-style fencing in that country.
Headquarters of the FIE at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne
FIE president Alisher Usmanov with Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian four-time world sabre champion Olga Kharlan
The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland
Current IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The main entrance of the former headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne
The first IOC, at the 1896 Athens Games