Kiribati Athletics Association

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Kiribati Athletics Association
Kiribati Athletics Association Logo.png
Sport Athletics
AbbreviationKAA
Founded1999 (1999)
Affiliation IAAF
Affiliation date1999 (1999)
Regional affiliation OAA
Affiliation dateSuspended since 2020
Headquarters South Tarawa, Tarawa
President Brian Fukuyama
Official website
www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1153-0-0-0
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The Kiribati Athletics Association (KAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Kiribati. [1] [2] It is suspended by Kiribati National Olympic Committee and OAA since 2020.

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History

Athletes from Kiribati (then Gilbert Islands) participated already at the 1963, [3] [4] 1966, [5] and 1971 South Pacific Games, [6] as part of a combined Gilbert and Ellice Islands team. After separation of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and independence, athletes from now Kiribati attended the 1979 South Pacific Games for the first time. [7] and the Micronesian Games in 1998. [8]

The official foundation of KAA occurred in 1999, and its affiliation to the IAAF in the same year. [9]

Mwaereiti Burennatu was elected new president of KAA in 2000. [10] In April 2005, Simon Burennatu was elected president. [11] He was followed by Tierata Taukaban. In July 2009, he was replaced by Arobati Brechtefeld [12] who served until 2012.

President was Tonana George [1] [2] until his replacement by Brian Fukuyama in May 2019.

Affiliations

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

National records

KAA maintains the Kiribati records in athletics.

Related Research Articles

The Oceania Athletics Championships is an athletics event organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) for the World Athletics member associations of the Oceania region.

Athletics competitions at the 1963 South Pacific Games were held at the Buckhurst Park in Suva, Fiji, between 30 August and 2 September 1963.

Athletics competitions at the 1966 South Pacific Games were held in Nouméa, New Caledonia, between 10 and 13 December 1966.

Athletics competitions at the 1971 South Pacific Games were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Pirae, French Polynesia, between September 9-15, 1971.

Athletics competitions at the 1979 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji, between August 29 - September 8, 1979.

Athletics competitions at the 1995 South Pacific Games were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Pirae, French Polynesia, between August 17–24, 1995.

Athletics competitions at the 1999 South Pacific Games were held in Santa Rita, Guam, between June 3–11, 1999.

Athletics competitions at the 2003 South Pacific Games were held at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji, between July 7 and 12, 2003.

Athletics competitions at the 2007 Pacific Games were held at the Apia Park in Apia, Samoa, between September 3–8, 2007. A total of 45 events were contested, 23 by men and 22 by women. This year 6 games records were set.

Athletics competitions at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games were held in Honiara, Solomon Islands, between July 8–16, 1981.

Athletics competitions at the 1997 South Pacific Mini Games were held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium in Pago Pago, American Samoa, between August 15–20, 1997.

Athletics competitions at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games were held in Middlegate, Norfolk Island, between December 10–14, 2001.

Athletics competitions at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games were held at the National Stadium in Koror, Palau, between July 25–29, 2005.

Athletics competitions at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games were held at the Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between September 22–26, 2009.

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References

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  2. 1 2 KIRIBATI ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION, Oceania Athletics Association , retrieved January 28, 2014
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  8. Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), PACIFIC ISLANDS ATHLETICS STATISTICS # 6/98 - MICRONESIAN GAMES - AUGUST 1st to 9th, 1998 - KOROR, REPUBLIC OF PALAU _ ATHLETICS COMPETITION - FULL RESULTS, Athletics Papua New Guinea, pp. 12–15, retrieved January 28, 2014
  9. International Association of Athletics Federations - Constitution - In force as from 1st November 2011, IAAF, p. 57, retrieved January 28, 2014
  10. IAAF Newsletter n. 41, May 2000 - In Brief ... (PDF), IAAF, May 2000, p. 8, archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2012, retrieved January 28, 2014
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  12. Introducing the new President of KAA, Kiribati Athletics Association, July 20, 2009, retrieved January 28, 2014