The Hellenic Athletics Federation (Greek: ; abbreviated SEGAS) is Greece's governing body for

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SEGAS

SEGAS was created in 1897 and has been the principal organiser of many international sporting competitions held in Greece. The association was behind the 1969 and 1982

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, the 1995 European Indoor Championships, the 1986 World Junior Championships, the 1990 IAAF Grand Prix Final, the 1991

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, the 1994 World Relay Championships, the 1995

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, many

Balkan Games The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games () is a regional athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations. The first games were held in Athens in 1929, and th ...

and many European Cups. SEGAS is putting together the

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taking place in November this year. The president of the association is

Sofia Sakorafa Sofia Sakorafa (, born 29 April 1957 in Trikala, Greece) is a Greek-Palestinian politician and former javelin thrower. She was a Member of the European Parliament for Greece as member of the political party MeRA25, having formerly sat for Syriza ...

. When two Greek sprinters were barred from the Athens Olympics in 2004 for drug abuse, SEGAS set up an independent tribunal to review the ban. They are located at 137

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Nea Smirni Nea Smyrni (, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna (today's İzmir in Turkey), whence many refugees ...

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Balkan Games

was held 1953 - 1980s. In recent years separate

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will be held instead of

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. 8th Lukoil Balkan Games was held in 2024 and 7th in 2023.https://lukoil.rs/en/News/News/the-eight-balkan-regional-lukoil-games-held-in

References

External links

Official website

About Balkan Games
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National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1897 1897 establishments in Greece Organizations based in Attica Nea Smyrni