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| Formation | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports federation |
Membership | 44 member federations |
President |  Víctor López |
| Website | www.athleticspanam.com |
The Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA; Spanish: Asociación Panamericana de Atletismo) is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean, replacing the Pan American Athletics Commission.[1]
The organization was founded on October 28, 2011, during the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The inaugural president is Víctor López from Puerto Rico,[2] former president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).
- ^ Clavelo, Javier; Clemente, Carlos (November 2, 2011), Victor Lopez elected as Association of Pan American Athletics President, TrackAlerts.com, archived from the original on February 4, 2013, retrieved August 21, 2012
- ^ Executive Council, Association of Panamerican Athletics, July 30, 2012, archived from the original on March 27, 2017, retrieved August 21, 2012