The Cuban Athletics Federation (FCA: ''Federación Cubana de Atletismo'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. Current president is

Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–1978, a ...

. He was re-elected in December 2010.

History

FCA was founded in 1922 as ''Unión Atlética Amateur de Cuba'' (UAAC) and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1924. UAAC dissolved in 1961, and was replaced by the ''Federación Cubana de Atletismo''.

Affiliations

FCA is the national member federation for

in the following international organisations: *

World Athletics 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 fo ...

North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Central America, and ...

(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, ...

(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 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) Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: *

Cuban Olympic Committee '' , logo =Cuban Olympic Committee.svg , size = 150px , country = Cuba , code = CUB , created = 1926 , recognized = 1955 , association = PASO , headquarters = Havana, Cuba , president = José Fernández Álvarez , secretary general =Ruper ...

(COC; ''Comité Olímpico Cubano'')

National records

FCA maintains the

Cuban records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cuba maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Cubana de Atletismo (FCA). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing A = affected by a ...

References

External links

FCA on Facebook
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Federacion Cubana de Atletismo

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