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Paraguayan Athletics Federation

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Federation
Abbreviation	FPA
Founded	December 12, 1947 (1947-12-12)
Affiliation	IAAF
Regional affiliation	CONSUDATLE
Headquarters	Secretaria Nacional de Deportes, Asunción
President	Myrta Doldán
Vice president(s)	John Zavala
Secretary	Amílcar Noguera
Official website
fpa.org.py

The Paraguayan Athletics Federation (FPA; Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Paraguay.

It is located at the Secretaria Nacional de Deportes in Asunción, where it hosts its annual national competitions at its athletics stadium.

History

FPA was founded on December 12, 1947. First president was Abdur-Rahman Rana.

Former hurdler Francisco Rojas Soto headed the federation for almost twenty years until 2013. Current president is Myrta Doldán.

Affiliations

FPA is the national member federation for Paraguay in the following international organisations:

• World Athletics
• Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE; South American Athletics Confederation)
• Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA)
• Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA; Ibero-American Athletics Association)

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

• Paraguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Paraguayo) /(

National records

FPA maintains the Paraguayan records in athletics.

Annual competitions

• National Cross Country Championship
• Criollo Tournament
• Grand Prix Evaluative Open Tournament
• Paraguay Marathon Club (PMC) Tournament
• Club Atlético de Paraguarí (CAP) Tournament
• Asociación Misionera de Atletismo (AMA) Tournament
• Sajonia Tournament
• Club Atlético Ñandú (CAÑ) Tournament
• Villarrica Running Club (VRC) Tournament
• Asociación de Atletismo del Alto Paraná (AAAP) Tournament
• Club de Atletismo de Encarnación (CAE) Tournament
• Major Interclubs
• Sol de América Tournament (SOL)
• Unix Track Club (UTC) Tournament
• Eladio Fernández Running Club (EFRC) Tournament
• Club Atlético Águilas del Sur 15 de Mayo (CAAS) Tournament
• National Senior Championship
• Family Championship
• Evaluative of Minors
• Victory Championship
• Asociación Paraguaya de Atletismo Master (ASOPAMA) Tournament

Affiliated clubs

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay

References

1. ^ El Acta de la Fundación de la Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo (in Spanish), Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo, archived from the original on May 25, 2012, retrieved September 29, 2012
2. "Contacto | Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
3. Myrta Doldán, la nueva titular de la Federación de Atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, March 6, 2013, archived from the original on February 2, 2014, retrieved January 20, 2014
4. MIRTA DOLDÁN ES NUEVA TITULAR DE LA FEDERACIÓN PARAGUAYA DE ATLETISMO (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Paraguayo, archived from the original on February 2, 2014, retrieved January 20, 2014
5. Federacion Paraguaya de Atletismo, IAAF, retrieved January 7, 2013
6. Contacto (in Spanish), Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo, retrieved January 7, 2013
7. "Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo | Cross Country 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
8. ^ "Calendario". 5 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
9. "Campeonato Nacional de Mayores (Paraguay) – ConSudAtle – Prensa". Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Official website

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