Association of Panamerican Athletics

APA

Formation	2011
Type	Sports federation
Membership	44 member federations
President	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]

• Pan American Junior Championships
• Pan American Youth Championships
• Pan American Marathon 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 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

• 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

External links

• Official website

Championships of the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) Senior Championships Cross Country Cup Combined Events Cup (records) Race Walking Cup (records) Marathon Championships Junior Championships (records) Youth Championships Senior TBD Junior 1980 1982 1984 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Youth 2015 Race Walking 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Combined Events 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Cross Country 2015 See also: Athletics at the Pan American Games, Athletics at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival

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