The Kiribati Athletics Association (KAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Kiribati.[1][2] It is suspended by Kiribati National Olympic Committee and OAA since 2020.
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Abbreviation | KAA |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Affiliation | IAAF |
| Affiliation date | 1999 |
| Regional affiliation | OAA |
| Affiliation date | Suspended since 2020 |
| Headquarters | South Tarawa, Tarawa |
| President | Brian Fukuyama |
| Official website | |
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History
editAthletes from Kiribati (then Gilbert Islands) participated already at the 1963,[3][4] 1966,[5] and 1971 South Pacific Games,[6] as part of a combined Gilbert and Ellice Islands team. After separation of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and independence, athletes from now Kiribati attended the 1979 South Pacific Games for the first time.[7] and the Micronesian Games in 1998.[8]
The official foundation of KAA occurred in 1999, and its affiliation to the IAAF in the same year.[9]
Mwaereiti Burennatu was elected new president of KAA in 2000.[10] In April 2005, Simon Burennatu was elected president.[11] He was followed by Tierata Taukaban. In July 2009, he was replaced by Arobati Brechtefeld[12] who served until 2012.
President was Tonana George[1][2] until his replacement by Brian Fukuyama in May 2019.
Affiliations
edit- International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) This is now known as World Athletics. (WA)
- Oceania Athletics Association (OAA)
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
National records
editKAA maintains the Kiribati records in athletics.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kiribati Athletics Association, IAAF, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ a b KIRIBATI ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION, Oceania Athletics Association, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ History - MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS., Kiribati Athletics Association, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ Snow, Bob (September 12, 2011), SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES RESULTS (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ Snow, Bob (October 20, 2012), SECOND SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - NOUMEA 1966 - FULL RESULTS OF THE ATHLETICS COMPETITION (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Pirae, French Polynesia 1971 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Suva, Fiji 1979 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), PACIFIC ISLANDS ATHLETICS STATISTICS # 6/98 - MICRONESIAN GAMES - AUGUST 1st to 9th, 1998 - KOROR, REPUBLIC OF PALAU _ ATHLETICS COMPETITION - FULL RESULTS, Athletics Papua New Guinea, pp. 12–15, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ International Association of Athletics Federations - Constitution - In force as from 1st November 2011, IAAF, p. 57, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ IAAF Newsletter n. 41, May 2000 - In Brief ... (PDF), IAAF, May 2000, p. 8, archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2012, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ Kiribati Annual General Meeting Results, Oceania Athletics Association, April 5, 2005, retrieved January 28, 2014
- ^ Introducing the new President of KAA, Kiribati Athletics Association, July 20, 2009, retrieved January 28, 2014