European Athletic Association
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The European Athletic Association is the Europe
an governing body for the sport of athletics.
(IAAF) in Los Angeles
, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the organisation of the European Athletics Championships. The IAAF Council in its meeting in Berlin
on 24 September 1933 appointed the European Committee with Szilard Stankovits as President. The first meeting of the European Committee was held in Budapest
on 7 January 1934 while the first European Athletics Championships were staged in Turin
in 1934.
The European Committee was elected by all IAAF Members at regular IAAF Congresses until 1966 when, for the first time, it was elected by European Members only.
In the meantime the tasks of the European Committee were gradually enlarged to the organisation of other competitions.
On 1 November 1969, the Association of the European Members of the IAAF was constituted at a formal meeting of the European Committee of the IAAF in Bucharest
. Its Constitutional Rules were confirmed at the IAAF Congress in Stockholm
, August 1970, and came into force at the first EAA Congress in Paris
on 7 November 1970.
The Association is hereinafter referred to as the European Athletic Association (EAA).
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an governing body for the sport of athletics.
History
In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic FederationInternational Association of Athletics Federations
The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...
(IAAF) in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the organisation of the European Athletics Championships. The IAAF Council in its meeting in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
on 24 September 1933 appointed the European Committee with Szilard Stankovits as President. The first meeting of the European Committee was held in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
on 7 January 1934 while the first European Athletics Championships were staged in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
in 1934.
The European Committee was elected by all IAAF Members at regular IAAF Congresses until 1966 when, for the first time, it was elected by European Members only.
In the meantime the tasks of the European Committee were gradually enlarged to the organisation of other competitions.
On 1 November 1969, the Association of the European Members of the IAAF was constituted at a formal meeting of the European Committee of the IAAF in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
. Its Constitutional Rules were confirmed at the IAAF Congress in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, August 1970, and came into force at the first EAA Congress in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on 7 November 1970.
The Association is hereinafter referred to as the European Athletic Association (EAA).
Presidents
| President | Country | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| Adriaan Paulen Adriaan Paulen Adriaan "Adje" Paulen was a Dutch athlete who competed from 1917 to 1931. During World War II, he was part of the Dutch resistance in the Netherlands... |
1969–1976 | |
| Arthur Gold | 1976–1987 | |
| Carl-Olaf Homen | 1987–1999 | |
| Hansjörg Wirz | 1999– |
Member associations
| Nation | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Federata Shqiptare e Atletikes | |
| Federació Andorrana d'Atletisme | |
| Armenian Athletic Federation | |
| Österreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband | |
| Azerbaijan Athletics Federation | |
| Belarus Athletic Federation | |
| Ligue Royale Belge d'Athlétisme Flemish Athletics Liga (Vlaamse Atletiekliga) Ligue Belge Francophone d'Athlétisme |
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| Athletic Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Bulgarian Athletic Federation | |
| Hrvatski Atletski Savez Croatian Athletics Federation The Croatian Athletics Federation is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Croatia.It was founded in 1992 after Croatia had announced independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.... |
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| The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus | |
| Český atletický svaz Český atletický svaz Český atletický svaz is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Czech Republic.- History :The history of ČAS dates back to 1897 when Česká amatérská atletická unie was founded... |
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| Dansk Atletik Forbund | |
| Eesti Kergejõustikuliit | |
| Suomen Urheiluliitto - Finlands Friidrottsförbund | |
| Fédération Française d'Athlétisme | |
| Athletic Federation of Georgia | |
| Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband The Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Germany.- External links :*... |
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| Gibraltar Amateur Athletic Association | |
| UK Athletics UK Athletics UK Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics officials.... |
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| Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association | |
| Magyar Atlétikai Szövetség | |
| Frjálsíþróttasamband Íslands | |
| Athletics Ireland Athletics Ireland Athletics Ireland, officially the Athletics Association of Ireland or AAI, is the governing body of Athletics in Ireland, where Athletics is defined as including Track and Field Athletics, Road Running, Race Walking, Cross Country Running, Mountain Running and Ultra Distance Running... |
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| Israeli Athletic Association | |
| Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera FIDAL is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.... |
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| Latvijas Vieglatlētikas Savienība | |
| Liechtensteiner Turn- und Leichtathletik-Verband | |
| Lietuvos lengvosios atletikos federacija | |
| Fédération Luxembourgeoise d'Athlétisme Luxembourg Athletics Federation The Luxembourg Athletics Federation , abbreviated to FLA, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Luxembourg. It was founded on 11 November 1928, replacing the Federation of Luxembourgian Athletic Sports Societies .-List of presidents:... |
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| Atletska Federacija na Makedonija | |
| Malta Amateur Athletic Association | |
| Federatia de Atletism din Republica Moldova | |
| Fédération Monégasque d'Athlétisme | |
| Athletic Federation of Montenegro | |
| Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie | |
| Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund Norwegian Athletics Association The Norwegian Athletics Association is the national governing body for the sport of athletics in Norway, including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking... |
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| Polski Zwiazek Lekkiej Atletyki | |
| Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo | |
| Federatia Romana de Atletism | |
| All-Russia Athletic Federation | |
| Federazione Sammarinese Atletica Leggera | |
| Atletski Savez Srbije Athletics Federation of Serbia The Athletics Federation of Serbia is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Serbia.It was founded in 2006 after the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro into Serbia and Montenegro.-External links:*... |
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| Slovenský atletický zväz | |
| Atletska Zveza Slovenije | |
| Real Federación Española de Atletismo | |
| Svenska Friidrottsförbundet | |
| Schweizerischer Leichtathletik-Verband | |
| Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu | |
| Ukrainian Athletic Federation |
Championships
- European Championships
- European Indoor Championships
- European U23 ChampionshipsEuropean Athletics U23 ChampionshipsThe European Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of 23, which is organized by the European Athletic Association...
- European Junior ChampionshipsEuropean Athletics Junior ChampionshipsThe European Athletics Junior Championships are the European championships open for those of age. The IAAF defines Junior as athletes who are 19 years of age or under. It is currently organized by the European Athletic Association....
- European Cross Country ChampionshipsEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsThe European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year...
- European Mountain Running ChampionshipsEuropean Mountain Running ChampionshipsThe European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year....
Cups
- European Team ChampionshipsEuropean Team ChampionshipsThe European Team Championships is an athletics competition, between different countries of Europe, over 4 leagues. It is the successor of the former Europa Cup.-History:...
(former European CupEuropean Cup (athletics)The European Cup is a now defunct athletics competition, replaced by the European Team Championships from 2009 onwards. The Europa Cup saw most of the major nations of Europe compete. Originally known as the Bruno Zauli Cup, it first took place in Stuttgart and Kassel , Germany in 1965...
) - European Indoor CupEuropean Athletics Indoor CupThe European Athletics Indoor Cup was a biennial athletics sporting event that first took place in 2003 in Leipzig, Germany, where it was also organized the following year. The 3rd edition was held in 2006, in order to be held every two years to alternate with the European Indoor Championships in...
- European Champion Clubs CupEuropean Champion Clubs Cup (athletics)The European Champion Clubs Cup is an annual athletics competition between the European athletics clubs that are the reigning champions at national level....
- European Champion Clubs Cup for JuniorEuropean Champion Clubs Cup for JuniorThe European Champion Clubs Cup is an athletics competition to the European junior athletics club that wins their national championships.Organized by European Athletics Association, first edition was held in 1979...
- European Marathon CupEuropean Marathon CupThe European Marathon Cup is an athletics competition, between different countries of Europe , held from 1985 in Rome and from 1994 during European Athletics Championships....
- European Race Walking CupEuropean Race Walking CupThe European Race Walking Cup is a race walking event established in 1996, and organised by the European Athletic Association. In 1996, the team scores were calculated by aggregating the points awarded to the first three finishers...
- European Cup 10000mEuropean Cup 10000mThe European Cup 10000m is an annual 10,000 metres race for European athletes which was first held in 1997. The competition is organised by the European Athletics Association and first began as the European 10000 Metres Challenge after the event was removed from the European Cup programme...
- European Cup Combined EventsEuropean Cup Combined EventsEuropean Cup Combined Events is an annual track and field competition for European combined events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon event and women's heptathlon. It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall...
- European Cup Winter ThrowingEuropean Cup Winter ThrowingThe European Cup Winter Throwing is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counter-balance to the...
Meetings
- European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings
- European Athletics Festival
Bydgoszcz - Memorial Primo NebioloMemorial Primo NebioloThe Memorial Primo Nebiolo is an annual track and field meeting held at the Stadio Primo Nebiolo in Turin, Italy in early June.The history of the Turin competition dates back to 1963, when the Torino Meeting was first held. This event hosted top level athletes, such as Sebastian Coe and Saïd...
TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... - Josef Odlozil MemorialJosef Odložil MemorialThe Josef Odložil Memorial is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in June at the Stadion Juliska in Prague, Czech Republic....
PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... - Janusz Kusocinski MemorialJanusz Kusociński MemorialThe Janusz Kusociński Memorial is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in mid-June....
SzczecinSzczecinSzczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... - Vardinoyiannia
RethymnoRethymnoRethymno is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Rethymno peripheral unit in the island of Crete. It was built in antiquity , even though was never a competitive Minoan centre... - KBC Night of AthleticsKBC Night of AthleticsThe KBC Night of Athletics is an annual athletics event at the Stadium De Veen in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It is official presented and sponsored by the KBC Bank.-Men:-Women:-External links:* *...
ZolderZolderThe Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix. The F1 circus... - Reunion Internacional Ciudad de Barcelona
BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... - Palio Citta della QuerciaPalio Citta della QuerciaThe Palio Citta della Quercia is an annual track and field meeting held at the Stade Quercia in Rovereto, Italy. Usually held in late August or early September, it is a European Athletics premier meeting...
RoveretoRoveretoRovereto is a city and comune in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.-History:Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento - an independent state until 1797 - and the republic of Venice, and later...
- European Athletics Festival
- European Athletics Outdoor Classic Meetings
- Internationals Leichtathletikmeeting
DessauDessauDessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:... - Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo HuelvaHuelvaHuelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
- PapaflessiaPapaflessiaPapaflessia is an annual international athletics meeting that is held in Kalamata, Greece. The meeting falls within the European Athletic Association's calendar of meeting...
KalamataKalamataKalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf... - Askina KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
- Cezmi Or MemorialCezmi Or MemorialThe Cezmi Or Memorial is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in Istanbul, Turkey.The meeting is held in honour of late Turkish sprinter Cezmi Or, who set Turkish records in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres, but died of typhoid fever in 1945 at the age of 24...
IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... - Venizelia ChaniaChaniaChaniá , , also transliterated Chania, Hania, and Xania, older form Chanea and Venetian Canea, Ottoman Turkish خانيه Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania peripheral unit...
- International Athletics Meeting Pavel Pavlov
SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... - International Athletic Meeting in Honor of Miner's Day
VelenjeVelenjeVelenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade... - Weltklasse in Biberach Biberach an der Riss
- Meeting Città di Padova Padova
- Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern
Luzern - EWE Athletics Cuxhaven
- Athletics BridgeAthletics BridgeThe Athletics Bridge is an annual track and field meeting which takes place at the Mestský štadión in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia. One of the European Athletics Outdoor Premium Meetings, it is typically among of the last competitions held in the European summer track and field circuit.The meeting...
Dubnica nad VahomDubnica nad VáhomDubnica nad Váhom ) is a town in the Ilava District, Trenčín Region in Slovakia.-Geography:It is located on the Váh river, in the Ilava Basin, between the White Carpathians and Strážovské vrchy mountains, at an altitude of 242 metres...
- Internationals Leichtathletikmeeting
- European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meetings