The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biannual championship of

Asia Masters Athletics Asia Masters Athletics one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), the global governing body for the division of Masters athletics. The current president of the organization is Viwat Vigrantanoros, who repres ...

(AMA), one of six continental based regional affiliates of

World Masters Athletics World Masters Athletics (WMA) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of masters athletics – which includes track and field, cross country, and road running events – as participated by people over 35 years of age. As the need became ap ...

(WMA), known as the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) from its formation in 1977 until 2001. WMA is the global

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

for the division of

Masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ...

. It is held in opposite years from the

World Masters Athletics Championships The World Masters Athletics Championships are the biennial championships for masters athletics events held under the auspices of World Masters Athletics, formerly called the World Association of Veteran Athletes, for athletes 35 years of age or o ...

. The event also hosts the Asia Masters General Assembly, the political gathering of the AMA which selects the locations of subsequent championships.

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was selected to hold the 2012 championships. This is significant because China was a member of AMA at the time. Taiwan had hosted the championships previously but since China joined AMA, it had blocked bids on the island. This could be a softening of the difficult relations between the two capitols which both have claimed each other's territories since 1949. The last AMA championships was held on December 2–6, 2019 in

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., and the next AMA championship after the Covid-19 Pandemic will be held on November 8–12, 2023 in

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Championships

19th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2016 Medal Table

*http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/amac2016/?frontpagetab=4

20th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2017 Medal Table

*http://www.amac2017.cn/Category_131/Index.aspx

References

{{International athletics

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asian ...

Continental athletics championships Recurring sporting events established in 1981 Biennial athletics competitions 1981 establishments in Asia