Official world rafting governing body
A recent breakaway rafting group has caused quite a stir amongst the rafting community. Many in the rafting world are horrified that efforts have been made to splinter the strong camaraderie the IRF has built over the past 20+ years. A HUGE outpouring of support towards the IRF has been received through letters, emails and social
The IRF Board of Directors would like to wish you all a successful 2018! As we move quickly through the first month of the New Year, we want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to each of you – our federation members – for participating in our success for these last 20 years.
Many members have recently been approached by Mr. Danilo Barmaz, President of the Italian Rafting Federation (an IRF member), with an invitation to abandon the IRF and join him in creating another international rafting federation. The invitation included documents containing defamatory and false statements about the IRF, and very misleading statements that suggest that he
The results from the anti-doping tests done at the IRF’s 2017 World Rafting Champs in Japan showed no adverse results. The IRF is pleased to see that their athlete’s are taking to heart the aim of keeping their sport clean of doping.
⇒ Key Information ⇒ Results KEY INFORMATION: Dates: 2 – 7 July 2018. River/ course: Cunovo Cities: Bratislava, Slovakia Links: Official Facebook page Organisers Event Facebook page Categories: Men and Women Divisions: Open; Masters (40+); Under 19; Under 23 Rafts: R4 Organisation hosting event: Pantheon Foundation Contact details: Michal Černý (Event Director) Adam Morbacher (Assistant, Media) RESULTS: Sprint: Open_men; Open_women; Masters_women; Masters_men
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997