Sport | Athletics |
---|---|
Abbreviation | KAA |
Founded | 1999 |
Affiliation | IAAF |
Affiliation date | 1999 |
Regional affiliation | OAA |
Affiliation date | Suspended since 2020 |
Headquarters | South Tarawa, Tarawa |
President | Brian Fukuyama |
Official website | |
www | |
The Kiribati Athletics Association (KAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Kiribati. [1] [2] It is suspended by Kiribati National Olympic Committee and OAA since 2020.
Athletes from Kiribati (then Gilbert Islands) participated already at the 1963, [3] [4] 1966, [5] and 1971 South Pacific Games, [6] as part of a combined Gilbert and Ellice Islands team. After separation of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and independence, athletes from now Kiribati attended the 1979 South Pacific Games for the first time. [7] and the Micronesian Games in 1998. [8]
The official foundation of KAA occurred in 1999, and its affiliation to the IAAF in the same year. [9]
Mwaereiti Burennatu was elected new president of KAA in 2000. [10] In April 2005, Simon Burennatu was elected president. [11] He was followed by Tierata Taukaban. In July 2009, he was replaced by Arobati Brechtefeld [12] who served until 2012.
President was Tonana George [1] [2] until his replacement by Brian Fukuyama in May 2019.
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
KAA maintains the Kiribati records in athletics.
Sport | Athletics |
---|---|
Abbreviation | KAA |
Founded | 1999 |
Affiliation | IAAF |
Affiliation date | 1999 |
Regional affiliation | OAA |
Affiliation date | Suspended since 2020 |
Headquarters | South Tarawa, Tarawa |
President | Brian Fukuyama |
Official website | |
www | |
The Kiribati Athletics Association (KAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Kiribati. [1] [2] It is suspended by Kiribati National Olympic Committee and OAA since 2020.
Athletes from Kiribati (then Gilbert Islands) participated already at the 1963, [3] [4] 1966, [5] and 1971 South Pacific Games, [6] as part of a combined Gilbert and Ellice Islands team. After separation of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and independence, athletes from now Kiribati attended the 1979 South Pacific Games for the first time. [7] and the Micronesian Games in 1998. [8]
The official foundation of KAA occurred in 1999, and its affiliation to the IAAF in the same year. [9]
Mwaereiti Burennatu was elected new president of KAA in 2000. [10] In April 2005, Simon Burennatu was elected president. [11] He was followed by Tierata Taukaban. In July 2009, he was replaced by Arobati Brechtefeld [12] who served until 2012.
President was Tonana George [1] [2] until his replacement by Brian Fukuyama in May 2019.
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
KAA maintains the Kiribati records in athletics.