The Athletics Federation of the Dominican Republic (FDAA; ''Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
. The current president is
Gerardo Suero Correa.
[
] He was elected in November 2010 for the period 2010-2014.
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History
FDAA was founded on March 21, 1953 and was affiliated to the
IAAF
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 ...
on December 18, 1953.
Presidents
Starting with the foundation of FDAA in 1953, there were about nine presidents.
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Affiliations
FDAA is the national member federation for Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
in the following international organisations:
* International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
* (NACAC)
*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'')
* Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
*Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
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, logo = Dominican Republic Olympic Committee logo.jpg
, size = 150px
, country = Dominican Republic
, code = DOM
, created = 1946
, recognized = 1954
, association = PASO
, headquarters = Santo Domingo
, president = Luis Mejía Oviedo
...
(COLIMDO; ''Comité Olímpico Dominicano'')
National records
FDAA maintains the Dominican records in athletics.
External links
Official Webpage
(in Spanish)
References
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
Athletics in the Dominican Republic
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 ...
1953 establishments in the Dominican Republic
Sports organizations established in 1953
National governing bodies for athletics