The Uruguayan Athletics Confederation (CAU; ''Confederación Atlética del Uruguay'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in
Uruguay.
[
] Current president is
Lionel de Mello Estramil.
[
][
] He was elected for the period 2011-2015 on June 20, 2011.
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]
History
CAU was founded on March 1, 1918, as Federación Atlética del Uruguay (''Uruguayan Athletics Federation''), and was later renamed to Confederación Atlética del Uruguay on May 23, 1938.
[ It was one of three founder members of the ]CONSUDATLE
Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national ...
on May 24, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Affiliations
CAU is the national member federation for Uruguay in the following international organisations:[
* World Athletics
* Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE; ''South American Athletics Confederation'')
* Association of Panamerican Athletics (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'')
* International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU)
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:[
]
*Uruguayan Olympic Committee
The Uruguayan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that same year.
It is the national governing body in charge of the Olympics. It is also a ...
(COU; ''Comité Olímpico Uruguayo'')
* Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes (CUD; ''Uruguayan Sports Confederation'')
Members
CAU comprises the departmental federations, regional associations, and clubs that practice the sport of athletics.[
]
National records
CAU maintains the Uruguayan records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Uruguay maintained by its national athletics federation: Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
h = hand timing
NWI = no wind information
OT = oversized tra ...
.
References
External links
Official website
(in Spanish)
CAU on Facebook
(in Spanish)
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