The Ligue d'Athlétisme de la Guyane (LAG) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...

. Last president was Daniel Lapompe-Paironne. He was replaced by Gaëtan Tariaffe. As LAG is part of the

Fédération française d'athlétisme The French Athletics Federation (french: Fédération française d'athlétisme - ''FFA''), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France. History FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), ...

, athletes from French Guiana normally participate internationally for France, e.g., in

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for men ...

as organized by the EAA. On the other hand, French Guiana as a French overseas department is part of the Caribbean. As an observer member of CACAC, French Guiana is invited to participate at the championships, and also at the

CARIFTA Games The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track eve ...

History

LAG was founded on January 10, 1963, as the ''Ligue Régionale d'Athlétisme de la Guyane''. First president was Victor Périgny.

Affiliations

(FAA) LAG is an observer member federation for

in the *

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) LAG is invited to participate at the *

Regional records

LAG maintains the French Guiana records in athletics.

External links

Official webpage
(in French)

References

Sports governing bodies in French Guiana Athletics in French Guiana 1963 establishments in France National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1963 {{sport-org-stub