The Uruguayan Athletics Confederation (CAU; ''Confederación Atlética del Uruguay'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. Current president is Lionel de Mello Estramil. He was elected for the period 2011-2015 on June 20, 2011.

History

CAU was founded on March 1, 1918, as Federación Atlética del Uruguay (''Uruguayan Athletics Federation''), and was later renamed to Confederación Atlética del Uruguay on May 23, 1938. It was one of three founder members of the

CONSUDATLE Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national ...

on May 24, 1918, in

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Affiliations

CAU is the national member federation for Uruguay 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 for ...

* Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE; ''South American Athletics Confederation'') *

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, a ...

(APA) *

Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo The Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA; ''Iberoamerican Athletics Association'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics of European, Latinamerican, and African countries with iberian origin and/or Spanish or Portuguese languag ...

(AIA; ''Ibero-American Athletics Association'') *

International Association of Ultrarunners The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2 km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distance ...

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

Uruguayan Olympic Committee The Uruguayan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that same year. It is the national governing body in charge of the Olympics. It is also a ...

(COU; ''Comité Olímpico Uruguayo'') * Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes (CUD; ''Uruguayan Sports Confederation'')

Members

CAU comprises the

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federations, regional associations, and clubs that practice the sport of athletics.

National records

CAU maintains the

Uruguayan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Uruguay maintained by its national athletics federation: Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU). Outdoor Key to tables: h = hand timing NWI = no wind information OT = oversized tra ...

References

External links

Official website
(in Spanish)
CAU on Facebook
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Confederacion Atletica del Uruguay

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1918 Athletics in Uruguay