International Federation of Muaythai Associations

International Federation of Muaythai Associations
SportMuay Thai
CategoryCombat sport
JurisdictionInternational
Membership140 national associations[1]
AbbreviationIFMA
Founded1993 (1993)
AffiliationAssociation of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations
Affiliation date6 December 2016
HeadquartersBangkok, Thailand
Lausanne, Switzerland
PresidentSakchye Tapsuwan
SecretaryStephan Fox
Official website
muaythai.sport

The International Federation of Muaythai Associations, or IFMA, called the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur until 27 July 2019, is a sport governing body of amateur and professional Muay Thai and Muay boran consisting of 140 member countries worldwide with 5 continental federations after unification of International Federation of Muaythai Amateur and World Muaythai Council. IFMA is officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF),[2] the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA),[3] World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)[4] International World Games Association (IWGA),[5] and Trim and Fitness International Sport for All Association (TAFISA).[6] Muaythai has been included in many official sport programs such as the World Games, World Combat Games, Arafura Games, TAFISA Games, SEA Games, Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games,[7] Demonstration Sport in the Asian Games.

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  2. ^ "SportAccord Members". Sportaccord.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  3. ^ "Olympic Council of Asia : Sports". Ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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  5. ^ "Member federations International Muaythai Federation Amateur". theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  6. ^ "Steckbrief - Tafisa Members - International". Tafisa.net. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  7. ^ "4th Asian Beach Game Phuket THAILAND". phuketthailand2014.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)