Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (FPAtletismo), is the governing body for the sport of
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), competi ...
in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
.
History
The Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo was founded on 5 November 1921, under the name "Federação Portuguesa de Sports Atléticos". It is headquartered in Linda-a-Velha,
Oeiras. It's an independent sports governing body, of public interest, non-profit, ruled by their own code.
Estatutos
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The Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (FPAtletismo) organizes the Portuguese Indoor and Outdoor Athletics Championships. It has 21 regional associations, promoting and directing the practice of athletics, in men's and women's. In according with the International Association of Athletics Federations
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in which is a member, it also organizes doping tests in official competitions, as outside them, so it can detect doping in athletics.
Portugal in Athletics
In the Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
, Portugal has won 10 medals at Athletics, including the country's only 4 gold medals.
Kits
Portugal's kits are currently supplied by Puma.
Olympic medalists
Other Competitions
* World Athletics Competitions
* 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 ...
* European Athletics Indoor Championships
The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games ...
* European U23 Championships
* European Junior Championships
* European Cross Country Championships
The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championship ...
* European Mountain Running Championships
The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year. ...
See also
* Portuguese records in athletics
*Portuguese Outdoor Men's Athletics Championship
The Portuguese Outdoor Men's Championship is the top division of men's team's in Athletics. It is a competition organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The league consists of 8 teams that are selected after a playoff. Benfica are th ...
* Portuguese Indoor Men's Athletics Championship
*Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship
The Portuguese Outdoor Women's Championship is the top division of women's team's in athletics. It is a competition organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The league consists of 8 teams that are selected after a playoff.
Portuguese ...
* Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship
References
External links
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
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), competi ...
Athletics in Portugal
National governing bodies for athletics
Sports organizations established in 1921
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