The Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo (FEDEATLETISMO; ''Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in
El Salvador
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History
El Salvador athletes participated already at the
1st Central American and Caribbean Games in 1926 in
Ciudad de México
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. In 1935, the
Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca was inaugurated to host the
3rd Central American and Caribbean Games.
[
] FEDEATLETISMO was founded only in 1943.
[
] Another source reports the foundation not before 1946/1947.
[
Former president was ]José Benjamín Ruiz
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. After more than twenty years in office, he was replaced by odontologist and ex pole-vaulter Juan Carlos Ramírez
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Professional career
WBC Featherweight Championship
In August 1998, Ra ...
in January 2013.[
] He was re-elected in December 2013, but the Olympic Committee of El Salvador did not recognise the result.[
] The acknowledgement of the World Athletics (WA) before IAAF
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arrive on 2017. In 2018 during the General Assembly of Federations affiliated with the Olympic Committee of El Salvador (COES) held on March 24, the Athletics Federation was recognized again.
Affiliations
FEDEATLETISMO is the national member federation for El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
in the following international organisations:
*International Association of Athletics Federations
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(IAAF)
* (NACAC)
*Association of Panamerican Athletics
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(APA)
*Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo
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(AIA; ''Ibero-American Athletics Association'')
* Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)
* Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano (CADICA; ''Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation'')
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
* Olympic Committee of El Salvador (''Spanish: Comité Olímpico de El Salvador'')
National records
FEDEATLETISMO maintains the Salvadorian records in athletics.
External links
FEDEATLETISMO on FacebookOfficial web
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Federacion Salvadorena de Atletismo
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
Sports governing bodies in El Salvador
Athletics in El Salvador
National governing bodies for athletics
Sports organizations established in 1943