Athletics Vanuatu
SportAthletics
Founded1965 (1965)
AffiliationIAAF
Affiliation date1966 (1966)
Regional affiliationOAA
HeadquartersPort Vila, Efate
PresidentJansen Molisingi
Vice president(s)Reynold Alatoa
SecretaryDavid Benjimen
ReplacedNew Hebrides Amateur Athletic Association
Official website
www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=1152
Vanuatu

Athletics Vanuatu, also known as Vanuatu Athletics Association, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Vanuatu. Current president is former sprinter Jansen Molisingi.[1] He was elected for the first time in February 2012.[2]

History

Athletics Vanuatu was founded in 1965 as New Hebrides Amateur Athletic Association by Rev. William Donald Francis, Alan Bell, and a few others,[3] and was affiliated to the IAAF in the year 1966.[4]

Affiliations

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

National records

Athletics Vanuatu maintains the Vanuatuan records in athletics.

References

  1. ^ Athletics Vanuatu, IAAF, retrieved March 23, 2013
  2. ^ Athletics Vanuatu’s New Executive Committee, Oceania Athletics Association, February 22, 2012, retrieved March 24, 2013
  3. ^ Register of New Zealand Presbyterian Church - Ministers, Deaconesses & Missionaries from 1840 - Francesco to Fussell - FRANCIS, Rev William Donald (Bill), B.A., Dip.Tchg., Dip.Ed., Presbyterian Church Archives, p. 163, retrieved March 23, 2013
  4. ^ International Association of Athletics Federations - Constitution - In force as from 1st November 2011, IAAF, p. 57, retrieved March 23, 2013
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