About FIMP
The Fédération Internationale de Marco Polo (FIMP), known in English as the International Marco Polo Federation, is the world governing body for the sport of Marco Polo. It was founded at Vevey, Switzerland on 14 August 1931 by nine national federations and now has 147 members.
FIMP organises the Indoor and Outdoor World Championships, maintains the Code of Competition, ratifies records, runs the FIMP World Ranking and keeps the FIMP Call Archive. Its motto is Oculis clausis, auribus apertis (“Eyes Closed. Ears Open.”).
Headquarters: Maison du Polo, Quai des Nageurs 12, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Executive Board and officers
| Role | Name | Nation | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr. Ingrid Solveig Haldorsen | NOR | since 2019 |
| Secretary General | Matthieu Vaucher | SUI | since 2014 |
| First Vice-President | Adaeze Okonkwo-Hale | NGA | since 2023 |
| Technical Director | Prof. Kenji Aramaki | JPN | since 2011 |
| Chief Ocular Integrity Officer | Beatriz Sallent i Ferrer | ESP | since 2017 |
| Chair, Acoustic Standards Commission | Dr. Pieter-Jan Moerdijk | NED | since 2008 |
| Chair, Water Quality & Thermal Commission | Siobhán Mac Giolla Rua | IRL | since 2021 |
| Chair, Athletes' Commission | Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist | SWE | since 2022 |
| Head of Data & Archive | Dr. Rosalind Achebe-Trent | GBR | since 2016 |
| Treasurer | Hans-Ulrich Brändli | SUI | since 2010 |
Commissions
- Acoustic Standards Commission: call and response measurement, Hawk-Ear certification.
- Water Quality & Thermal Commission: basin certification, temperature, chlorine and the Gull Interference Protocol.
- Ocular Integrity Commission: goggle approval, ocular review and the training of Ocular Integrity Judges.
- Athletes' Commission: represents athletes' interests in Congress.
- Data & Archive: the FIMP Call Archive and Open Data portal.
Congress
Congress meets every February. The 96th Congress (2026) approved version 2.0 of the Fingertip Wrinkle Index.