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World Rafting Federation

Abbreviation	WRF
Formation	2018
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Region served	Worldwide
President	Danilo Barmaz
Affiliations	International Canoe Federation
Website	www.worldraftingfederation.com

Intro

The World Rafting Federation (WRF) has been created on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of January in Belgrade, Serbia.

The first World Rafting Federation (WRF) congress took place there and reunites more than 15 countries from all around the world. Thanks to the creation of this new federation sport rafting entered a new dimension and paved the way to a future Olympic dream. With the support of Mr. Ivo Ferrani (member of International Olympic Committee - IOC) the WRF became official through an official act signed in front of a public notary.

This congress brought a new future for whitewater sports and new opportunities for all the members of the rafting family who join. During the first congress day the WRF members unanimously voted Mr. Danilo Barmaz as their new president and the team formed the first WRF board. “The river is long and full of waves coming up and down, but the vision, as the boat on it, is the thing we need to hold on to”, Barmaz affirmed as a conclusion to his first speech as WRF President.

Executive Board

President - Danilo Barmaz (Italy) First Vice-President – Boris Purjakov (Serbia) Second Vice-President and Treasurer – Blerina Ago (Albania) Responsible for Sport Departement – Oleg Grigoriev (Russia) Representative elected by the Athletes Commission – Martin Martinez (Argentina) Representative elected by the Technicians commission – Hadi Ghazi (Iran)

Founding Members

Albania, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Iran.

Co-operative Agreement with the International Canoe Federation (ICF)

Lausanne - on April 27th Danilo Barmaz, President of the World Rafting Federation signed the Co-operative Agreement with the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The signature happened at the ICF headquarter in Lausanne, Switzerland, in presence of the WRF and ICF Secretary Generals, Matteo Benciolini and Simon Toulson. This was the turning point in the development and in the revival of rafting worldwide. The WRF is maintaining a complete independence under the umbrella of the ICF and, consequently, of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The WRF-ICF Agreement represents an essential step for the inclusion in the future in the Olympic - the WRF main goal.

Disciplines

• RX, new format introduced in 2018:

1. The purpose of the RX race is to complete, in the shortest possible time, a course between two crews starting simultaneously and with a system of knockout elimination. 2. The RX descent must be carried out in a river section where "scouting" can be done along its path, where both crews find themselves, possibly, in conditions of the same difficulty level and current and where the line of departure allows them to start in the same circumstances. 3. The RX is made up of two phases: the first phase, the qualification, is a timed sprint that determines the draw for the knockout phase.

• Slalom:

1. The purpose of the race, which is held in two runs, is to travel in the shortest time possible a distance that requires the crossing of gates, in the ascending numerical order of the gates, trying to avoid touching the poles or the skipping of the gates themselves. 2. The slalom race takes place on two runs on the same race course. It’s mandatory to take part in both the runs. For the allocation of points, the best among the two is considered.

• Downriver:

1. The aim of the Downriver race is to paddle along, in the direction of the current, a pre- established stretch in the shortest possible time, overcoming the technical difficulties that the path provides.

Races

The WRF competitions are classified in:

a. World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and Continental Cups;

b. Worldwide events recognized by the WRF;

c. National Championships.

Events 2018

• European Rafting Cup - Slunj - Croatia
• World Rafting Cup - Dalaman - Turkey
• World Rafting Cup - Zubin Potok - Serbia
• ICF-WRF World Rafting Championships Cat. Junior-U23 - Villeneuve - Italy
• Pre-World Para-Rafting Championships - Kiev - Ukraine

Events 2019

• WRF World Cup - Zubin Potok - Kosovo
• WRF World Rafting Championships 2019 - Tunceli - Turkey
• WRF World Para-Rafting Championships 2019 - Kiev - Ukraine

Events 2020

• WRF Pan-American Rafting Championships - Quepos - Costa Rica

Events 2021

• WRF World Rafting and Para-Rafting Championships 2021 - L'Argentière-La Bessée - France

Events 2022

• WRF Pan-American Championships Argentina - Argentina

Events 2023

• WRF World Rafting Championships 2023 Italy - Italy

Events 2024

• WRF World Rafting Championships 2024 - TBD
• WRF Asian Rafting Championships 2024 - Himachal Pradesh - India
• WRF African Rafting Championships 2024 - Kenya
• WRF European Rafting Championships 2024 - Bosnia Herzegovina
• WRF PanAmerican Rafting Championships 2024 - Pucòn - Chile

Members

last update 01/02/2024

External Links

• https://www.worldraftingfederation.com

References

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