Fédération française d'athlétisme

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Fédération française d'athlétisme
FFA
Fédération française d'athlétisme logo.png
Sport Athletics
Founded November 20, 1920 (1920-11-20)
Affiliation IAAF
Affiliation date 1912 (1912)
Regional affiliation EAA
President Bernard Amsalem
Secretary Doris Spira
Replaced Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques
Official website
www.athle.com
France

The French Athletics Federation (French: Fédération française d'athlétisme - FFA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France.

History[edit]

FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), founded November 20, 1887. In 1912, a French delegation was present at the conference in Stockholm that founded the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with 17 national federations.[1]

Organisation[edit]

The French Athletics Federation is governed by a president and seven vice-presidents, a general secretary, and a general treasurer.

Board[edit]

Kit suppliers[edit]

France's kits are currently supplied by Asics.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Histoire de la FFA" (in French). athle.fr. Retrieved 14 April 2012. 

External links[edit]