The Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (''Fédération Royale Marocaine d’Athlétisme'', FRMA) is

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

's governing body for the sport of

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 ...

. It was established in 1957 and has been affiliated to the

International Association of Athletics Federations 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 governing body for the sport of athletics, coverin ...

(IAAF) since 1958. It is also a member of the

Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: ''Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme'') is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships ...

since 1973. Since December 2006, the president of the

federation A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a political union, union of partially federated state, self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a #Federal governments, federal government (federalism) ...

Abdeslam Ahizoune Abdeslam Ahizoune (born 20 April 1955 in Tiflet, Morocco) is a Moroccan businessman. He was the chairman of the management board of Maroc Telecom from 2001 to February 2025, when he was replaced by Mohamed Benchaaboun. He was also its former chie ...

beating former athlete and world champion

Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj (; ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only m ...

in the elections. On 29 July 2023, Abdeslam Ahizoune was re-elected president of the Federation. Morocco's kit are currently supplied by Asics.

References

External links

FRMA official website

Athletics in Morocco Sports organizations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Morocco National governing bodies for athletics Sports governing bodies in Morocco {{Athletics-org-stub