The Czech Athletics Federation (

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: ''Český atletický svaz'', abbreviated ČAS) is the governing body for the sport of

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in the

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. Its president since 2009 is .

History

The history of ČAS dates back to 1897 when ''Česká amatérská atletická unie'' (ČAAU, Czech Amateur Athletic Union) was founded. It originally covered wide range of sports including

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

but with the gradual establishment of separate organizations for these sports only athletics remained under ČAAU after 1911. Women's athletics, originally governed by

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

federation was incorporated into ČAAU in 1928. After the end of

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and the re-establishment of

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, hard negotiations took place in order to secure equal position for Slovak athletes who maintained a separate national organization during war years. This was reflected in name change to ''Československá amatérská atletická unie'' (ČSAAU, Czechoslovak Amateur Athletic Union) in 1947. Another name change to ''Československý atletický svaz'' (ČAS, Czechoslovak Athletic Federation) came one year later when the new

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put in effect profound changes in the organization of sports. During the late communist period there were also (merely formal) subdivisions of ČAS, one for Czech and one for Slovak part of the federation named ''Český atletický svaz'' and ''

Slovenský atletický zväz The Slovak Athletic Federation ( Slovak ''Slovenský atletický zväz'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Slovakia. Affiliations *International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) *European Athletic Association (EAA) ...

''. After the

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in 1992 these branches became full scale national governing bodies for athletics in their respective countries.

Kits

The Czech Republic's kits are currently supplied by

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesky Atleticky Svaz

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 ...

Athletics in the Czech Republic National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1897

History

Kits

See also

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