French Athletics Federation

Fédération française d'athlétisme
Official website

Sport	Athletics
Abbreviation	FFA
Founded	November 20, 1920 (1920-11-20)
Affiliation	IAAF
Affiliation date	1912 (1912)
Regional affiliation	EAA
President	Bernard Amsalem
Secretary	Doris Spira
Replaced	Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques
www.athle.com

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), founded November 20, 1887. In 1912, a French delegation was present at the conference in Stockholm that founded the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with 17 national federations.^[1]

Organisation

The French Athletics Federation is governed by a president and seven vice-presidents, a general secretary, and a general treasurer.

Board

President: Bernard Amsalem
General secretary: Doris Spira

Kit suppliers

France's kits are currently supplied by Asics.

References

↑ "Histoire de la FFA" (in French). athle.fr. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

External links

(French) Official site

National members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

Africa
CAA

Northern	ALG LBA MAR TUN

Western	BEN BUR CPV CIV GAM GHA GUI GBS LBR MLI MTN NIG NGR SEN SLE TOG

Eastern	DJI EGY ERI ETH KEN SOM SSD SUD TAN UGA

Central	BDI CAF CGO CHA CMR COD GAB GEQ RWA STP

Southern	ANG BOT COM LES MAD MAW MOZ MRI NAM RSA SEY SWZ ZAM ZIM

Asia
AAA

Europe
EAA

ALB
AND
ARM
AUT
AZE
BLR
BEL
BIH
BUL
CRO
CYP
CZE
DEN
EST
ESP
FIN
FRA
GEO
GER
GIB
GBR
GRE
HUN
ISL
IRL
ISR
ITA
KOS
LAT
LIE
LTU
LUX
MKD
MLT
MDA
MON
MNE
NED
NOR
POL
POR
ROU
RUS ǂ
SMR
SRB
SVK
SLO
SWE
SUI
TUR
UKR

North America
NACAC

Oceania
OAA

Western	AUS GUM KIR MHL FSM NMI PNG NRU PLW SOL VAN

Eastern	ASA COK FIJ PYF NZL NFI SAM TGA TUV NCL† NIU†

South America
CONSUDATLE

Non-IAAF
members

† = associate members, ǂ = suspended

National Members of the European Athletic Association

	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

National subdivisions (Belgium) Francophone and Flemish England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

Sports governing bodies in France (FRA)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Others Sports	Rugby League

French Olympic Committee French Paralympics Committee

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