American Samoa Track & Field Association

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American Samoa Track & Field Association
Sport Athletics
AbbreviationASTFA
Founded1976 (1976)
Affiliation IAAF
Affiliation date1986 (1986)
Regional affiliation OAA
Headquarters Pago Pago, Tutuila
President Don Fuimaono Lutu
Secretary Deanna Fuimaono
Official website
www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1142-0-0-0
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The American Samoa Track & Field Association (ASTFA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in American Samoa. [1] [2]

American Samoa US territory in the Pacific

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa. Its location is centered around 14.2710° S, 170.1322° W. It is on the eastern border of the International Date Line, while independent Samoa is west of it.

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History

Athletes from American Samoa participated already at the 1969 [3] and 1971 South Pacific Games. [4]

Athletics competitions at the 1969 South Pacific Games were held in Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea, between August 14–20, 1969. Following the event, a "Congress of the delegates of Member Countries of the Australasian Area" was held on August 21, 1969, resulting in the foundation of the Oceania Athletics Association. A total of 34 events were contested, 22 by men and 12 by women.

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.

ASTFA was founded in 1976, and was affiliated to the IAAF in the year 1986. [5]

Current president is Don Fuimaono Lutu. [1] [2]

Affiliations

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.

Oceania Athletics Association

The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

National records

ASTFA maintains the American Samoan records in athletics.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 American Samoa Track & Field Association, IAAF , retrieved January 31, 2014
  2. 1 2 AMERICAN SAMOA TRACK AND FIELD ASSOCIATION, Oceania Athletics Association , retrieved January 31, 2014
  3. ↑ SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 1969 (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 31, 2014
  4. ↑ SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Pirae, French Polynesia 1971 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 31, 2014
  5. ↑ International Association of Athletics Federations - Constitution - In force as from 1st November 2011, IAAF, p. 55, retrieved January 31, 2014
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