The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

. Current president is Rosamunde Carey. She was elected on 28 November 2015 for the period 2015-2018. She becomes the first woman elected to the position

History

Prior to 1952, there was already a Bahamas Athletic Association. BAAA was founded on 6 May 1952 as Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association and was affiliated to the IAAF the same year. First president was Alfred Frances Adderley. Early in the new millennium the federation’s name was changed to The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations. A detailed report on the history of BAAA was given on Facebook.

Affiliations

BAAA is the national member federation for the

in the following international organisations: *

World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ...

North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Central America, and ...

(NACAC) *

Association of Panamerican Athletics 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, ...

(APA) *

Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) is a confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Central America and the Caribbean. Membership of the Confederation ...

(CACAC) Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: *

Bahamas Olympic Committee The Bahamas Olympic Committee formerly the Bahamas Olympic Association (IOC code: BAH) is the National Olympic Committee representing the Bahamas. The committee is also the Commonwealth Games Association representing the island nation. History ...

(BOC)

National records

BAAA maintains the Bahamian records in athletics.

References

External links

Official Webpage
{{National Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations

Sports governing bodies in the Bahamas Athletics in the Bahamas 1952 establishments in the Bahamas Sports organizations established in 1952 National governing bodies for athletics