Athletics Norfolk Island

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Athletics Norfolk Island
Sport Athletics
JurisdictionAssociation
AbbreviationANI
Founded1993 (1993)
Affiliation IAAF
Affiliation date1995 (1995)
Regional affiliation OAA
Headquarters Middlegate
President Brentt Jones
Secretary Geoff Gardner
Official website
www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1157-0-0-0
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The Athletics Norfolk Island (ANI), also known as Norfolk Island Athletics Association, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Norfolk Island. Current president is former hammer thrower Brentt Jones. [1]

Norfolk Island External territory of Australia

Norfolk Island is an Australian external territory and island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of mainland Australia's Evans Head, and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island. Norfolk Island, together with the two neighbouring islands Phillip Island and Nepean Island, form the Territory of Norfolk Island, one of the Commonwealth of Australia's external territories. At the 2016 Australian census, it had 1748 inhabitants living on a total area of about 35 km2 (14 sq mi). Its capital is Kingston.

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History

ANI was founded in 1993 and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1995. [2]

Affiliations

ANI is the national member federation for the Norfolk Island in the following international organisations:

International Association of Athletics Federations international governing body for the sport of athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded on 17 July 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation by representatives from 17 national athletics federations at the organization's first congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Since October 1993, it has been headquartered in Monaco.

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

which is the body responsible for the Norfolk Island's representation at the Commonwealth Games. [3]

Commonwealth Games Multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. It is the world's first multi-sport event which inducted equal number of women’s and men’s medal events and was implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

National records

ANI maintains the Norfolk Island records in athletics.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Athletics Norfolk Island, IAAF , retrieved January 4, 2013
  2. ↑ Constitución de la IAAF - RFEA.es (PDF) (in Spanish), IAAF, p. 58, retrieved October 13, 2012
  3. ↑ "Norfolk Island at the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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