Grenada Athletic Association

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Grenada Athletic Association
Grenada Athletic Association LOGO.png
Sport Athletics
JurisdictionAssociation
AbbreviationGAA
Founded1924 (1924)
Affiliation IAAF
Affiliation date1970 (1970)
Regional affiliation NACAC
Headquarters St. George’s
President Charles George
Vice president(s) Aaron Moses
Secretary Jeanelle Gill
ReplacedGrenada Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of Grenada.svg

The Grenada Athletic Association (GAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Grenada. [1]

Grenada Country in the Caribbean

Grenada is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its size is 348.5 square kilometres (134.6 sq mi), and it had an estimated population of 112,200 in July 2018. Its capital is St. George's. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops, of which it is one of the world's largest exporters. The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove.

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History

GAA was founded as Grenada Amateur Athletic Association in 1924, [2] and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1970. [3]

Current president is Charles George. He was re-elected in 2014 for another four-year term. [4]

Affiliations

GAA is the national member federation for Grenada 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.

North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association continental confederation governing body of athletics

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within North America, Central America and the Caribbean. NACAC is one of six area associations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). NACAC was founded on December 10, 1988, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Association of Panamerican Athletics organization

The Association of Panamerican Athletics is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, replacing the Pan American Athletics Commission.

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

National records

GAA maintains the Grenadian records in athletics.

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References

  1. ↑ Grenada Athletic Association, IAAF , retrieved January 3, 2013
  2. ↑ Matthews, Peter, Historical Dictionary of Track and Field, p. 94, retrieved October 14, 2012
  3. ↑ ASOCIACIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE FEDERACIONES DE ATLETISMO - CONSTITUCIÓN EN VIGOR A PARTIR DEL 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011 (PDF) (in Spanish), IAAF, p. 58, archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2012, retrieved October 14, 2012
  4. ↑ Bascombe, Michael (January 12, 2014), George re-elected President of GAA, GrenadaSports, retrieved January 22, 2014
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