Salvadorian Athletics Federation

Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Federation
Abbreviation	FEDEATLETISMO
Founded	1943 (1943)
Affiliation	WA before IAAF
Regional affiliation	NACAC
Headquarters	San Salvador
President	Juan Carlos Ramírez
Vice president(s)	Ruth Daniela Gonzalez
Secretary	Carlos Clemente

The Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo (FEDEATLETISMO; Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in El Salvador.^[1]

History

El Salvador athletes participated already at the 1st Central American and Caribbean Games in 1926 in Ciudad de México. In 1935, the Estadio Nacional De la Flor Blanca was inaugurated to host the 3rd Central American and Caribbean Games.^[2] FEDEATLETISMO was founded only in 1943.^[3] Another source reports the foundation not before 1946/1947.^[2]

Former president was José Benjamín Ruiz. After more than twenty years in office, he was replaced by odontologist and ex pole-vaulter Juan Carlos Ramírez in January 2013.^[4] He was re-elected in December 2013, but the Olympic Committee of El Salvador did not recognise the result.^[5] The acknowledgement of the World Athletics (WA) before IAAF arrive on 2017.^[6] 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.^[7]

Affiliations

FEDEATLETISMO is the national member federation for El Salvador in the following international organisations:

• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
• 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)
• 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 Facebook
• Official web

References

1. Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo, retrieved January 22, 2014
2. Historia del Atletismo en El Salvador. ¿Te has preguntado como nació el atletismo en nuestro país y como a sido su evolución? (in Spanish), Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo, retrieved October 5, 2012
3. El Atletismo Iberoamericano (PDF), Real Federación Española de Atletismo, p. 221, retrieved October 5, 2012
4. Alvarenga, Rolando (January 5, 2013), Nombran nuevo presidente de la Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo - La nueva junta directiva de la Federación de Atletismo quedó integrada así: presidente, Juan Carlos Ramírez; vicepresidente, Leopoldo Monterrosa; secretario, Raúl Liva Navidad; tesorero, Salvador Escobar y síndico, Elsa de Carrero (in Spanish), La Prensa Gráfica, retrieved January 20, 2014
5. López, Benjamín (December 22, 2013), Sin el aval del COES - El atletismo eligió junta directiva, pero el COES cuestiona el proceso (in Spanish), La Prensa Gráfica, retrieved January 22, 2014
6. "Atletismo pide ser reconocido por el COES". Diario Co Latino (in Spanish). 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
7. "Reconocimiento del COES a la Federación" (PDF). Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo.