ASIA MASTERS ATHLETICS

Asia Masters Athletics
Type	Masters athletics
Focus	athletic competition, senior sports
Area served	Asia
Website	asia-masters-athletics.com

Asia Masters Athletics (AMA) is one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), the global governing body for the division of Masters Athletics.

The current President of the organization is Mr. Viwat Vigrantanoros, who represents the Sports Authority of Thailand. Mr. Sivapragasam Sivasambo, from Malaysia is the organization's Secretary and is the representing delegate to the WMA General Meeting which is held in conjunction with the World Masters Athletics Championships.^[1] The past President was Mr. Kiyoshi Konoike, who is also the General Secretary Japan Masters. Mr. Vigrantanoros previously had been Vice President of Stadia.

The member nations of Asia Masters Athletics parallel those of the IAAF (the world governing body for the sport of athletics).

Asia Masters Athletics conducts the Asia Masters Athletics Championships, a biannual regional competition for all affiliated countries, held in opposite years from the World Masters Athletics Championships and conducts the site survey and selection for those championships. Also as a regional affiliate, Asia Masters Athletics is an intermediate validating step for all Masters Athletics World Records and for keeping the regional Asia Masters Athletics records.

AMA Council Members

Patron: Mr. Kiyoshi Konoike
Honorary President: Datuk Seri (Dr) V. Pulainthiran
President: Mr. Vivat Vigrantanoros
Vice President (General Affairs): Mr. Merari Nainggolan
Vice President (Stadia): Mr. Kannan Arumugam
Vice President (Non Stadia): Ms. Wang Xiaoying
General Secretary: Mr. S. Sivapragasam
Treasurer: Mr. Prasert Srisueb
Women's Committee: Ms. Kalaivalli R. Ratnam
Technical Member: Mr. Permsak Suriyachan
Technical Member: Mr. Cho Hsin-Te
Technical Member: Mr. Shinichi Uchida
Technical Member: Mr. H. A. Upali
Technical Member: Mr. Musashi Sagara Nainggolan
Internal Auditor: Mr. Stanley Arumugam
Internal Auditor: Ms. Chantron Pimsakul

Source:^[2]

Asian Masters Athletics Championships

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Countries	Participants
1	1981	Singapore	Singapore	8	408
2	1983	New Delhi	India	8	561
3	1985	Singapore	Singapore	11	372
4	1986	Jakarta	Indonesia	11	651
5	1988	Tainan City	Chinese Taipei	11	830
6	1990	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	13	1024
7	1992	Singapore	Singapore	14	1069
8	1994	Jakarta	Indonesia	14	945
9	1996	Seoul	South Korea	14	1259
10	1998	Okinawa	Japan	15	2502
11	2000	Bangalore	India	14	872
12	2002	Dalian	China	16	1660
13	2004	Bangkok	Thailand	17	1259
14	2006	Bangalore	India	17	1000
15	2009	Chiang Mai	Thailand	16	1100
16	2010	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	17	1753
17	2012	Taipei	Chinese Taipei	17	1676
18	2014	Kitakami	Japan	24	2879
19	2016	Singapore	Singapore	25	1645
20	2017	Rugao	China	20	2074
21	2019	Kuching	Malaysia
22	2022	[[]]	Philippines
23	2024	[[]]	Indonesia