Cuban Athletics Federation

Cuban Athletics Federation

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Federation
Abbreviation	FCA
Founded	March 22, 1922; 101 years ago (1922-03-22)
Affiliation	World Athletics
Affiliation date	1924; 99 years ago (1924)
Regional affiliation	NACAC
Headquarters	La Habana
President	Alberto Juantorena
Vice president(s)	Aurelio Romero
Secretary	Jesús Molina
Replaced	Unión Atlética Amateur de Cuba

The Cuban Athletics Federation (FCA: Federación Cubana de Atletismo) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Cuba. Current president is Alberto Juantorena.^[1] He was re-elected in December 2010.^[2]

History

FCA was founded in 1922 as Unión Atlética Amateur de Cuba (UAAC) and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1924. UAAC dissolved in 1961, and was replaced by the Federación Cubana de Atletismo.^{[citation needed]}

Affiliations

FCA is the national member federation for Cuba in the following international organisations:

• World Athletics
• North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)
• Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA)
• Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA; Ibero-American Athletics Association)
• Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

• Cuban Olympic Committee (COC; Comité Olímpico Cubano)

National records

FCA maintains the Cuban records in athletics.

References

External links

• FCA on Facebook (in Spanish)

This page was last edited on 16 October 2023, at 11:10