The Ligue Régionale d'Athlétisme de la Guadeloupe (LRAG) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

. Current president is

Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968) is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Athletics career Pérec won the 1991 World Championships 400 metres title ...

. As LRAG 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 Guadeloupe normally participate internationally for France, e.g., in European Athletics Championships as organized by the EAA. On the other hand, Guadeloupe as a French

overseas department The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...

is part of the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

. As an observer member of CACAC, Guadeloupe is invited to participate at the championships, and also at the CARIFTA Games.

History

LRAG was founded on November 6, 1960.

Presidents

Starting with the foundation of LRAG in 1960, there were about eight presidents.

Affiliations

(FAA) LRAG is an observer member federation for

in the * Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) LRAG is invited to participate at the * CARIFTA Games

Regional records

LRAG maintains the Guadeloupe records in athletics.

External links

Official webpageLRAG on Facebook

References

Sports governing bodies in Guadeloupe Athletics in Guadeloupe Sports organizations established in 1960 1960 establishments in France National governing bodies for athletics {{Guadeloupe-sport-stub