The Federated States of Micronesia Athletic Association (FSMAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

(FSM).

History

Athletes from Yap, Truk (now Chuuk), Ponape (now Pohnpei) and Kusaie (now Kosrae), but then part of the Ponape District (then still being part of the

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. History Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trus ...

), participated already in three separate teams at the 1969 Micronesian Games, at the 1975 South Pacific Games as part of a combined

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

team, and also after re-establishment of the Micronesian Games in 1990, in four separate teams. It is reported, that a FSM Athletics Federation was already formed many years ago, but the official foundation of FSMAA occurred only in 1996, and its affiliation to the

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in the year 1997. Julio Akapito from Chuuk formerly served as president of FSMAA. Current president is Ted Rutun from

Yap Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micr ...

Affiliations

International Association of Athletics Federations 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 ...

(IAAF) *

Oceania Athletics Association The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. History The OAA was founded as Oceania Amateur Athletic Orga ...

(OAA) Moreover, it is part of the following national organizations: * Federated States of Micronesia National Olympic Committee (FSMNOC)

Members

FSMAA (most probably) comprises the associations of the four

member states A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation. Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states ...

of Micronesia.

National records

FSMAA maintains the Micronesian records in athletics.

External links

Official Webpage

References

Sports in the Federated States of Micronesia Athletics in the Federated States of Micronesia National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1996 1996 establishments in the Federated States of Micronesia {{Micronesia-sport-stub