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Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE ( Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
, including the transcontinental country Panama. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of
World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport ...
(WA). CONSUDATLE was founded on May 24, 1918, in
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
,
Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
. Therefore, the CONSUDATLE claims to be the oldest athletics area association of the world. The founding members were Argentina, Uruguay, and Andean Chile. Successively, the other countries joined: Brazil in 1922, Ecuador and Peru in 1925, Bolivia in 1930, and Colombia in 1937. Paraguay and Venezuela followed later, and Guyana, Panama, and Suriname joined within the last decades.


Presidents

The current president Roberto Gesta de Melo was re-elected in 2010 for the period 2011-2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Former presidents can be found here.


Championships

The ConSudAtle organizes the following championships, tournaments, and circuits: * South American Senior Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Adultos) * South American Under-23 Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Sub-23) * South American Junior (Under-20) Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Juveniles) * South American Youth (Under-18) Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Menores) * South American Age Group (Under-16) Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo Infantil) * South American Cross Country Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Cross Country) * South American Race Walking Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Marcha Atlética) * South American Marathon Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Maratón) * South American Half Marathon Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Media Maratón) * South American Half Marathon Circuit (Circuito Sudamericano de Media Maratón) * South American Road Mile Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Milla en Ruta) * South American Mountain Running Championships (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Carreras de Montaña)


Member federations


See also

* Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) * Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) * Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA) * North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)


References


External links


Official website
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