Ecuadorian Athletics Federation

The Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo (FEA; Ecuadorian Athletics Federation) is the governing body for athletics in Ecuador.^[1] The current president is Manuel Bravo.

Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Federation
Abbreviation	FEA
Affiliation	World Athletics
Regional affiliation	CONSUDATLE
Affiliation date	1925 (1925)
Headquarters	Cuenca, Azuay
President	Manuel Bravo
Vice president(s)	Sandra Amparito Barragán
Secretary	Danilo Almeida
Official website
www.featle.org.ec

History

FEA joined CONSUDATLE in 1925.^[2]

Until 2012, FEA's president was Fausto Mendoza.^[3][4] In October 2012, former long distance runner Franklin Tenorio was elected as new president.^[5][6] However, after only one year, former football player Luis ‘El Chino’ Gómez was elected to replace Tenorio.^[7][8] After only one week, he already resigned and his vice-president, former middle distance runner and 1990 South American Games 800m silver medallist Manuel Bravo from Cuenca took office as new FEA president.^[9]

FEA comprises the associations and provincial committees of Ecuador.^[4]

FEA maintains Ecuadorian records in athletics.

Affiliations

FEA is the national member federation for Ecuador 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)
• Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano)

References

1. Estatutos de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012, retrieved September 29, 2012
2. Historial - El origen de la ConSudAtle, CONSUDATLE, archived from the original on June 21, 2011, retrieved September 29, 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. Federacion Ecuatoriana de Atletismo, IAAF, retrieved January 7, 2013
4. Federación Ecuatoriana De Atletismo (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original on October 1, 2012, retrieved September 29, 2012
5. Dirigentes sin aval internacional (in Spanish), El Universo, archived from the original on December 13, 2012, retrieved January 7, 2013
6. DIRECTORIO 2012 (in Spanish), Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo, retrieved January 7, 2013
7. Un exfutbolista es el nuevo presidente de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Atletismo (in Spanish), El Comercio, October 3, 2013, retrieved January 18, 2014
8. Franklin Tenorio comenta sobre su salida de la Federación de Atletismo (in Spanish), Teleamazonas, October 4, 2013, archived from the original on February 1, 2014, retrieved January 18, 2014
9. El ‘Chino’ Gómez renunció a la FEA y el cargo lo asumirá un exatleta (in Spanish), El Comercio, October 10, 2013, retrieved January 18, 2014

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• FEA on Facebook (in Spanish)
• FEA on Twitter (in Spanish)