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Brazilian Athletics Confederation

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Sport
  
Athletics

Abbreviation
  
CBAt

Regional affiliation
  
CONSUDATLE

Jurisdiction
  
Confederation

Affiliation
  
IAAF

Brazilian Athletics Confederation

Founded
  
December 2, 1977 (1977-12-02)

The Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt; Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Brazil. President for the period 2013-2016 is José Antonio Martins Fernandes.

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History

CBAt was founded on December 2, 1977. It replaced the Federação Brasileira de Sportes Atleticos, which was founded in 1914.

Former president until 2013 was Roberto Gesta de Melo.

Affiliations

CBAt is the national member federation for Brazil in the following international organisations:

  • International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
  • 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:

  • Brazilian Olympic Committee

    • Member federations

    CBAt comprises the athletics federations of the Brazilian federal states.

    Kit suppliers

    Brazil's kits are currently supplied by Nike.

    National records

    CBAt maintains the Brazilian records in athletics

    References

    Brazilian Athletics Confederation Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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