Association of Panamerican Athletics
Formation | 2011 |
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Type | Sports federation |
Membership | 44 member federations |
President | |
Website | https://panamericanathletics.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 Northern, 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, Mexico. The inaugural president is from Puerto Rico,[2] former president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).
Championships[]
APA organizes the following championships and cups:[3]
- Pan American Junior Championships
- Pan American Youth Championships
- Pan American Cross Country Cup
- Pan American Combined Events Cup
- Pan American Race Walking Cup
Member associations[]
Due to the constitution, membership in the Association shall consist of World Athletics member federations which are affiliated members of NACAC and CONSUDATLE as ratified by World Athletics.[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.
See also[]
- North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)
- South American Athletics Confederation (CONSUDATLE)
- Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)
- Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA)
References[]
- ^ Clavelo, Javier; Clemente, Carlos (November 2, 2011), Victor Lopez elected as Association of Pan American Athletics President, TrackAlerts.com, archived from the original on February 4, 2013, retrieved August 21, 2012
- ^ Executive Council, Association of Panamerican Athletics, July 30, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2012
- ^ Clavelo, Javier (January 22, 2012), Cross country and marathon championships added to Pan American athletics calendar, IAAF, retrieved August 21, 2012
- ^ Constitution of the Association of Panamerican Athletics - As October 28th, 2011 (PDF), Association of Panamerican Athletics, October 28, 2011, retrieved August 21, 2012
External links[]
- National members of the International Association of Athletics Federations
- Athletics organizations
- Pan-American sports governing bodies
- Athletics (track and field) in North America
- Athletics in Central America
- Athletics in the Caribbean
- Athletics in South America
- Sports organizations established in 2011
- Track and field athletics stubs