European Athletic Association in Encyclopedia

The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.

History

In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the organisation of the European Athletics Championships. The IAAF Council in its meeting in Berlin on 24 September 1933 appointed the European Committee with Szilard Stankovits as President. The first meeting of the European Committee was held in Budapest on 7 January 1934 while the first European Athletics Championships were staged in Turin in 1934.

The European Committee was elected by all IAAF Members at regular IAAF Congresses until 1966 when, for the first time, it was elected by European Members only.

In the meantime the tasks of the European Committee were gradually enlarged to the organisation of other competitions.

On 1 November 1969, the Association of the European Members of the IAAF was constituted at a formal meeting of the European Committee of the IAAF in Bucharest. Its Constitutional Rules were confirmed at the IAAF Congress in Stockholm, August 1970, and came into force at the first EAA Congress in Paris on 7 November 1970.

The Association is hereinafter referred to as the European Athletic Association (EAA).

Presidents

Member associations

Nation	Organisation
	Federata Shqiptare e Atletikes
	Federaci Andorrana d'Atletisme
	Armenian Athletic Federation
	sterreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband
	Azerbaijan Athletics Federation
	Belarus Athletic Federation
	Ligue Royale Belge d'Athl tisme Flemish Athletics Liga (Vlaamse Atletiekliga) Ligue Belge Francophone d'Athl tisme
	Athletic Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Bulgarian Athletic Federation
	Hrvatski Atletski Savez
	The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus
	esk atletick svaz
	Dansk Atletik Forbund
	Eesti Kergej ustikuliit
	Suomen Urheiluliitto - Finlands Friidrottsf rbund
	F d ration Fran aise d'Athl tisme
	Athletic Federation of Georgia
	Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband
	Gibraltar Amateur Athletic Association
	UK Athletics
	Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association
	Magyar Atl tikai Sz vets g
	Frj ls r ttasamband slands
	Athletics Ireland
	Israeli Athletic Association
	Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
	Latvijas Vieglatl tikas Savien ba
	Liechtensteiner Turn- und Leichtathletik-Verband
	Lietuvos lengvosios atletikos federacija
	F d ration Luxembourgeoise d'Athl tisme
	Atletska Federacija na Makedonija
	Malta Amateur Athletic Association
	Federatia de Atletism din Republica Moldova
	F d ration Mon gasque d'Athl tisme
	Athletic Federation of Montenegro
	Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie
	Norges Fri-Idrettsforbund
	Polski Zwiazek Lekkiej Atletyki
	Federa o Portuguesa de Atletismo
	Federatia Romana de Atletism
	All-Russia Athletic Federation
	Federazione Sammarinese Atletica Leggera
	Atletski Savez Srbije
	Slovensk atletick zv z
	Atletska Zveza Slovenije
	Real Federaci n Espa ola de Atletismo
	Svenska Friidrottsf rbundet
	Schweizerischer Leichtathletik-Verband
	T rkiye Atletizm Federasyonu
	Ukrainian Athletic Federation