European Athletic Association
The European Athletics Association (dt .: " European Athletics Association ") (EAA), often called European Athletics called, is the European branch of the World Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics . The association currently has 50 athletics associations.
It is one of six regional associations of the IAAF, divided according to continents.
According to its own information, the EAA is a government-independent, not-for-profit or also time-limited organization, since January 1, 2004 with its seat in Lausanne ( Switzerland , previously in Germany).
history
During a meeting of the IAAF in Los Angeles in 1932, a special committee of the council was charged with examining the requirements for organizing European championships. In a meeting on September 24, 1933 in Berlin, the IAAF Council decided to found a European committee with Szilard Stankovits as president. The first meeting took place in Budapest on January 7, 1934 , with the first European championships being held in Turin in 1934 .
The European committee was elected by all IAAF members at regularly held congresses until 1966, and it gradually took over the organization of other competitions.
At a formal meeting on November 1, 1969 in Bucharest , the Association of European Members of the IAAF was formed. Their statutes were confirmed at an IAAF congress in Stockholm in August 1970 and came into force at the first EAA congress on November 7, 1970.
construction
The EAA consists of the national athletics federations of Europe, which are also members of the IAAF. Only associations known to the IAAF can apply for membership and must then be confirmed by the IAAF at an EAA congress.
Inner organization
The EAA consists of:
- the Congress, whose members represent the legislative force and supreme authority of the EAA within the rules of the IAAF,
- the Council, which is responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the Congress and is made up of
- the president,
- two vice presidents,
- the treasurer,
- the general manager (ex officio),
- the President of the IAAF as (ex officio)
- and 13 other members; the term of office is four years.
- the committees, the commissions and the working groups, as well as
- the office.
The EAA Congress, which takes place in April every odd year, consists of the Council and the delegates of the members, each member having one vote. The elections are held at the ordinary congresses.
The board consists of the president, the vice-presidents, the general secretary and the treasurer, who represents the EAA from the right.
The European calendar conference, attended by delegates from members and clubs, is held every year in October or November and adopts a schedule according to which athletics events are planned.
President
| Term of office | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1969-1976 | Adriaan Paulen |
| 1976-1987 | Arthur Gold |
| 1987-1999 | Carl-Olaf Homén |
| 1999-2015 | Hansjörg Wirz |
| 2015-2020 | Svein Arne Hansen |
aims
The EAA's self-set goals are, according to its own statements, for B. the preservation and development of friendly and loyal cooperation between all members in the sense of athletics, peace and understanding in Europe as well as the control of all technological, administrative and financial matters in Europe according to the rules of the IAAF. In addition, the EAA wants to promote ethical values in sport and take action against all forms of doping as well as racist , religious , political and other forms of discrimination . Attention is also drawn to the holding of all European championships and other athletics events in Europe.
Sporting events
The following sporting events are organized by the European Athletic Association:
- European Athletics Championships (every 2 years)
- European Athletics Indoor Championships (every 2 years)
- European Cross Country Championships (annually)
- European Athletics Team Championship (annually)
- European qualification for the Youth Olympic Games (every 4 years)
- European Athletics U23 Championships (every 2 years)
- European Athletics U20 Championships (every 2 years)
- European Athletics U18 Championships (every 2 years)
- European Mountain Running Championships (annually)
- European Athletics Cup of all-rounders (annually)
- Walker European Cup (every 2 years)
- Winter Throw European Cup (annually)
- 10,000 meter European Cup (annually)
- European Champion Clubs Cup (annually)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ European Athletics Member Federations. European Athletic Association, accessed August 12, 2014 .
- ↑ European Athletics Events ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
