Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association

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Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association
Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA).svg
Sport Athletics
AbbreviationPATAFA
Founded1962
Location Philippines
PresidentTerry Capistrano
SecretaryEdward Kho
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The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is the National Sports Association (NSA) for athletics sports such as track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking in the Philippines, including the core athletics sports which constitute the Decathlon in the Olympic Games. PATAFA is also a member of the Asian Athletics (AA) and the World Athletics.

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Background

Jose C. Sering served as president from 1969 to 1981 and from 1984 to 1991. He resigned from his PATAFA post in 1990. [1]

Go Teng Kok served as president from 1990 to 2014. Then known as “GTK's Army,” Filipino track and field athletes won six gold medals in the 2013 Indonesia Southeast Asian Games, the most by any team in the games. [2]

Philip Ella Juico was elected president of PATAFA in November 2014 and in a second election held on March 25, 2015, with POC Vice President Joey Romasanta as observer. [3] [4]

In 2015 the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) formally recognized the NSA after PATAFA met compliance with several requirements such as an updated constitution, by-laws and inclusion of the true stakeholders of the sport. [5] [6]

Juico was re-elected as president of PATAFA in November 2021. [7] He resigned on June 18, 2022, due to the dispute with pole vaulter EJ Obiena, and was replaced by Terry Capistrano. [8]

PATAFA was formerly known as the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association, or simply Athletics Philippines.

Board

As of August 2022, PATAFA's board consists of the president and seventeen members.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "History of Track and Field in the Philippines". Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (July 25, 2014). "Go Teng Kok's 24-year reign as Patafa head comes to an end as Popoy Juico takes over". spin.ph. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  3. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (March 25, 2015). "POC recognition after election of Philip Juico as president". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Juico's election as athletics chief official". Manila Bulletin. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ "New national athletics federation gains POC recognition after election of Philip Juico as president". Sports Interactive Network. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Juico's election as athletics chief official". Manila Bulletin. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Juico gets fresh term as Patafa chief". Daily Tribune. November 13, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Juico steps down as PATAFA president". Tiebreaker Times. June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Kho named new PATAFA secretary general". Manila Standard. August 10, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. ↑ "PATAFA elects board, bares new program". Manila Bulletin. November 13, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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