Association of Panamerican Athletics

APA
Formation 2011
Type Sports federation
Membership
 44 member federations
President
 Puerto Rico Víctor López
Website http://www.americasathletics.org

The Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) (Spanish: Asociación Panamericana de Atletismo) is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, replacing the Pan American Athletics Commission.[1]

The organization was founded on October 28, 2011, during the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. The inaugural president is Víctor López from Puerto Rico,[2] former president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).

Championships

APA organizes the following championships and cups:[3]

Member associations

Due to the constitution, membership in the Association shall consist of the IAAF member federations which are affiliated members of NACAC and CONSUDATLE as ratified by the IAAF.[4] At this time, APA consists of 44 member federations, 31 of them are member of NACAC, while 13 are member of CONSUDATLE. This means that the APA also comprises the 3 IAAF members without a recognized National Olympic Committee that are therefore no member of the Pan American Sports Organization namely Anguilla, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Nation Organisation Website
 Anguilla Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation http://www.freewebs.com/axathletics
 Antigua and Barbuda Athletic Association of Antigua & Barbuda
 Argentina Confederación Argentina de Atletismo http://www.cada-atletismo.org
 Aruba Arubaanse Atletiek Bond http://www.arubaathleticfederation.org
 Bahamas Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations http://www.bahamastrack.com
 Barbados Athletics Association of Barbados http://www.aabarbados.com
 Belize Belize Amateur Athletic Association http://www.belizeathletics.org.bz
 Bermuda Bermuda National Athletics Association http://www.bnaa.bm
 Bolivia Federación Atlética de Bolivia http://www.federacionatleticadebolivia.com
 Brazil Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo http://www.cbat.org.br
 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Athletics Association http://bvi.milesplit.com
 Canada Athletics Canada http://www.athletics.ca
 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Athletic Association
 Chile Federación Atlética de Chile http://www.fedachi.cl
 Colombia Federación Colombiana de Atletismo http://www.fecodatle.org
 Costa Rica Federación Costarricense de Atletismo http://www.fecoa.info
 Cuba Federación Cubana de Atletismo
 Dominica Dominica Amateur Athletic Association http://www.daaa.dm
 Dominican Republic Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo http://www.fedomatle.org
 Ecuador Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo http://www.coe.org.ec
 El Salvador Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo
 Grenada Grenada Athletic Association
 Guatemala Federación Nacional de Atletismo de Guatemala http://www.atletismoguate.com
 Guyana Athletics Association of Guyana
 Haiti Fédération Haïtienne d'Athlétisme Amateur
 Honduras Federación Nacional Hondureña de Atletismo
 Jamaica Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association http://www.trackandfieldja.com
 Mexico Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo http://www.fmaa.mx
 Montserrat Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association
 Nicaragua Federación Nicaragüense de Atletismo http://www.fna.org.ni
 Panama Federación Panameña de Atletismo
 Paraguay Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo http://www.fpa.com.py
 Peru Federación Deportiva Peruana de Atletismo http://www.fepeatle.com
 Puerto Rico Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico http://www.atletismofapur.com
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association http://www.sknaaa.com
 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Athletics Association http://www.saintluciatrackandfield.org
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Team Athletics Saint Vincent & The Grenadines http://www.svgnoc.org
 Suriname Surinaamse Atletiek Bond http://suriname-athletics.org/wp
 Trinidad and Tobago National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago http://www.ttnaaa.org
 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association
 United States USA Track & Field http://www.usatf.org
 United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation http://www.virginislandstrackandfield.org
 Uruguay Confederación Atlética del Uruguay http://www.atlecau.org.uy
 Venezuela Federación Venezolana de Atletismo http://www.feveatletismo.org.ve

See also

References

  1. ↑ Clavelo, Javier; Clemente, Carlos (November 2, 2011), Victor Lopez elected as Association of Pan American Athletics President, TrackAlerts.com, retrieved August 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Executive Council, Association of Panamerican Athletics, July 30, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2012
  3. ↑ Clavelo, Javier (January 22, 2012), Cross country and marathon championships added to Pan American athletics calendar, IAAF, retrieved August 21, 2012
  4. ↑ Constitution of the Association of Panamerican Athletics - As October 28th, 2011 (PDF), Association of Panamerican Athletics, October 28, 2011, retrieved August 21, 2012

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