The Uruguayan Athletics Confederation (CAU; ''Confederación Atlética del Uruguay'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. As of 2019, Its president is Marcos Melazzi.

History

CAU was founded on March 1, 1918, as Federación Atlética del Uruguay (''Uruguayan Athletics Federation''), and was later renamed to Confederación Atlética del Uruguay on May 23, 1938. It was one of three founder members of the

CONSUDATLE 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 ...

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 ...

. Many of its national events are held at the Pista de Atletismo Darwin Piñeyrúa.

Affiliations

CAU is the national member federation for Uruguay in the following international organisations: *

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 ...

* Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE; ''South American Athletics Confederation'') *

Association of Panamerican Athletics The Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Asociación Panamericana de Atletismo'') is a new regional confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within No ...

(APA) *

Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo The Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo (AIA; ''Iberoamerican Athletics Association'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics of European, Latinamerican, and African countries with iberian origin and/or Spanish or Portuguese languag ...

(AIA; ''Ibero-American Athletics Association'') *

International Association of Ultrarunners The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2 km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distanc ...

(IAU) Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: *

Uruguayan Olympic Committee The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that same year. It is the national governing body in charge of the Olympics. It is also a member of Pan American Sports ...

(COU; ''Comité Olímpico Uruguayo'') * Confederación Uruguaya de Deportes (CUD; ''Uruguayan Sports Confederation'')

Members

CAU comprises the departmental federations, regional associations, and clubs that practice the sport of athletics.

National records

CAU maintains the Uruguayan records in athletics.

References

External links

Official website
(in Spanish)
CAU on Facebook
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Confederacion Atletica del Uruguay

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1918 Athletics in Uruguay 1918 establishments in Uruguay