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Kiribati Athletics Association

Kiribati Athletics Association

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The Kiribati Athletics Association (KAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Kiribati.[1][2] It is suspended by Kiribati National Olympic Committee and OAA since 2020.

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History

Athletes from Kiribati (then Gilbert Islands) participated already at the 1963,[3][4] 1966,[5] and 1971 South Pacific Games,[6] as part of a combined Gilbert and Ellice Islands team. After separation of the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu), and independence, athletes from now Kiribati attended the 1979 South Pacific Games for the first time.[7] and the Micronesian Games in 1998.[8]

The official foundation of KAA occurred in 1999, and its affiliation to the IAAF in the same year.[9]

Mwaereiti Burennatu was elected new president of KAA in 2000.[10] In April 2005, Simon Burennatu was elected president.[11] He was followed by Tierata Taukaban. In July 2009, he was replaced by Arobati Brechtefeld[12] who served until 2012.

President was Tonana George[1][2] until his replacement by Brian Fukuyama in May 2019.

Affiliations

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

National records

KAA maintains the Kiribati records in athletics.

References

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    SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - Suva, Fiji 1979 (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved January 28, 2014
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    Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), PACIFIC ISLANDS ATHLETICS STATISTICS # 6/98 - MICRONESIAN GAMES - AUGUST 1st to 9th, 1998 - KOROR, REPUBLIC OF PALAU _ ATHLETICS COMPETITION - FULL RESULTS, Athletics Papua New Guinea, pp. 12–15, retrieved January 28, 2014
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    Kiribati Annual General Meeting Results, Oceania Athletics Association, April 5, 2005, retrieved January 28, 2014
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    Introducing the new President of KAA, Kiribati Athletics Association, July 20, 2009, retrieved January 28, 2014
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