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Tuvalu Athletics Association
IAAF
Affiliation date2008 (2008)
Regional affiliationOAA
HeadquartersVaiaku, Funafuti
PresidentMonise Laafai
Vice president(s)Teake Esene Manatu
SecretaryTovia Tovia
Official website
www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1161-0-0-0
Tuvalu

The Tuvalu Athletics Association (TAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Tuvalu.[1][2]

See also:
Tuvaluan records in athletics, Tuvalu at the Pacific Games, Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games, and Tuvalu at the Olympics

History

A combined

Ellice Islands), namely Nelu Arenga, is at least documented for 1971.[5][6]

Athletes from Tuvalu attended the 2003 South Pacific Games for the first time.[7]

The official foundation of TAA occurred in 2004, and its affiliation to the

IAAF occurred in 2008.[8]

The current president is Monise Laafai.[1][2]

Participation in international events

Tuvaluan athletes participate in the

IAAF World Championships in Athletics
from 2009.

The Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) was recognised as a National Olympic Committee in July 2007.[10] Tuvalu competed at their inaugural Olympic Games at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, with a weightlifter and two athletes in the men's and women's 100-metre sprints. A team with athletes in the same events competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11]

Affiliations

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

Other Tuvaluan sports organisations:

National records

TAA maintains the

Tuvaluan records in athletics
.

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Tuvalu Athletics Association,
    IAAF
    , retrieved January 28, 2014
  2. ^ a b TUVALU ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION, Oceania Athletics Association, retrieved January 28, 2014
  3. ^ Snow, Bob (September 12, 2011), SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES RESULTS (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
  4. ^ Snow, Bob (October 20, 2012), SECOND SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - NOUMEA 1966 - FULL RESULTS OF THE ATHLETICS COMPETITION (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
  5. ^ a b SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Pirae, French Polynesia 1971 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
  6. ^ NATIONAL RECORDS - OCEANIA - TUVALU (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, August 13, 2011, pp. 43–44, retrieved January 28, 2014
  7. ^ SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Suva, Fiji 1979 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
  8. IAAF
    , p. 61, retrieved January 28, 2014
  9. ^ "CGF – Tuvalu". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  10. ^ Lalua, Silafaga (9 July 2007). "Tuvalu in the IOC". Tuvalu-News.TV. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau Newsletter (TPB: 02/2012)". London 2012 – Tuvalu in the 30th Olympiad of the Modern Era. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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