Puerto Rican Athletics Federation

The Puerto Rican Athletics Federation (FAPUR; Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Puerto Rico. Current president is José Enrique Arrarás.^[1][2] He was re-elected in October 2012.^[3]

Puerto Rican Athletics Federation

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	Federation
Abbreviation	FAPUR
Founded	1947 (1947)
Affiliation	IAAF
Affiliation date	1948 (1948)
Regional affiliation	NACAC
Headquarters	Bayamón
President	José Enrique Arrarás
Vice president(s)	Luis Dieppa
Secretary	Carlos Alfonso Guzmán
Replaced	Federación de Atletismo Aficionado de Puerto Rico
Official website
www.atletismofapur.com

History

FAPUR was founded in 1947 as Federación de Atletismo Aficionado de Puerto Rico and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1948.^[4]

Presidents

Starting with the foundation of FAPUR in 1947, there were nine presidents and an intermediate board.^[4]

Name	Presidency
Julio Enrique Monagas	1947-1965
Amadeo Francis	1965-1973
Eugenio Rojas Náter	1973-1976
Ismael Delgado Dávila	1976-1979
Intermediate Board (Junta Pro-tempore) Rosarito López Cepero Manuel Ramírez Sammis Reyes Roberto Muñoz Zayas	1979-1982
Roberto Muñoz Zayas	1982-1986
Iván Mangual	1987-1991
Luis Rivera Toledo	1991-1995
Roberto Velázquez Rosaly	1995-1999
José Enrique Arrarás	2000-2016

Affiliations

FAPUR is the national member federation for Puerto Rico in the following international organisations:

• International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
• North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)
• Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA)
• Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA; Ibero-American Athletics Association)
• Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)

Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:

• Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR; Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico)

National records

FAPUR maintains the Puerto Rican records in track and field.