Governance
International federation structure
The ISF operating model separates international governance, National Federations, Official Representatives, regional coordination and technical committees.
International level
The international federation level maintains rules, standards, records policy, referee framework, results data direction and global development priorities.
National Federation
A recognized country-level federation that can run calendars, athlete registration, national records, teams, officials and organizer coordination.
Official Representative
A one-year renewable country representative pathway used to develop the base for a future National Federation.
Regional coordination
Continental and interregional competitions, cooperation between national offices and development of referee practice.
Operating departments
Department structure
This structure is presented as a national-office operating model reference for the international site.
Federation president
Lead: Evgeny Bushmelev
Strategic leadership and approval of official federation decisions.
Presidential adviser for development, strategy and international matters
Lead: Ararat Gulian
Development strategy, international cooperation and long-term federation positioning.
Executive director / central administration lead
Lead: Tatyana Denisova
Central administration, document flow and internal coordination.
Judging administration
Lead: Dmitry Vantsev
Judging coordination, rule compliance, organizer interaction and competition calendar support.
Competition management
Organization and coordination of sanctioned ISF competitions.
National board of referees and secretaries
Methodological support, dispute review and judging regulation development.
Judging education and methodology center
Referee education, reassessment and methodological materials.
Certification department
Certification of referees, coaches, officials, competitions and equipment when regulations apply.
Registration, statistics and registry department
Athlete registry, records, results, rankings and official statistics.
Discipline development administration
Development of Streetlifting and Weighted Calisthenics, rule-format analysis and international coordination.
Marketing and communications administration
Federation promotion, partners, media, news, publications, official statements and ISF brand development.
Legal department
Legal support, orders, resolutions, regulations and legal-entity interaction.
Administrative department
Document flow, organizational support and internal structure coordination.
Medical advisory block
Admission recommendations, event medical-service interaction and methodical guidance without medical practice.
Security and ethics service
Regulation compliance, violation review and enforcement of disciplinary resolutions.
Authority
Departments act within their functional authority under the charter, rules, resolutions and orders of the national office.
Approval
Composition, authority and operating procedure are approved through separate orders or regulations.
Limits
Departments do not conduct independent commercial or business activity unless a separate federation decision provides otherwise.