French Athletics Federation

Fédération française d'athlétisme

Sport	Athletics
Abbreviation	FFA
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

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

History

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

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

Board

• President: Bernard Amsalem
• General secretary: Doris Spira

Kit suppliers

France's kits are currently supplied by Asics.

See also

• Athletics in France
• Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques
• French records in athletics

References

External links

• (French) Official site

National members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
Africa CAA	Northern ALG LBA MAR TUN Western BEN BUR CPV CIV GAM GHA GUI GBS LBR MLI MTN NIG NGR SEN SLE TOG Eastern DJI EGY ERI ETH KEN SOM SSD SUD TAN UGA Central BDI CAF CGO CHA CMR COD GAB GEQ RWA STP Southern ANG BOT COM LES MAD MAW MOZ MRI NAM RSA SEY SWZ ZAM ZIM
Asia AAA	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KUW KGZ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP PRK OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN KOR SRI SYR TJK THA TLS TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe EAA	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS ǂ SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR
North America NACAC	AIA ANT ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER IVB CAN CAY CRC CUB DMA DOM GRN GUA HAI HON JAM MEX MNT NCA PUR SKN LCA VIN ESA TTO TKS USA ISV
Oceania OAA	Western AUS GUM KIR MHL FSM NMI PNG NRU PLW SOL VAN Eastern ASA COK FIJ PYF NZL NFI SAM TGA TUV NCL† NIU†
South America CONSUDATLE	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU GUY PAN PAR PER SUR URU VEN
Non-IAAF members	CUR GUF GLP MTQ NEV SXM
† = associate members, ǂ = suspended

National Members of the European Athletic Association
	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
National subdivisions (Belgium) Francophone and Flemish England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

Sports governing bodies in France (FRA)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Others Sports	Rugby League
French Olympic Committee French Paralympics Committee