Ethiopian Athletics Federation

Ethiopian Athletic Federation (EAF) is an WA recognized member officially representing Ethiopia as the national governing body for the sport of Athletics.

Ethiopian Athletics Federation
SportAthletics
AbbreviationEAF
Founded4 June 1961
AffiliationWorld Athletics
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
PresidentDerartu Tulu
Vice president(s)Gezahegne Abera
SecretaryBililign Mekoya Workneh
Official website
eaf.org.et
Ethiopia

History

The history of the sport may be traced back to military and school organizations in 1897. The organization was formed on 4 June 1961.[1] The ability of East African athletes was announced to the world in the 1960 Olympics as barefooted Abebe Bikila took the gold medal in the Marathon. Bikila repeated in 1964 and the floodgates were opened. Ethiopia has captured 45 Olympic medals, all of them in long distance running through 2012, despite participating in three Olympic boycotts. The organization is also responsible for selecting representatives to other world championship events.

In November 2016, former Olympic gold medalist and Ethiopian long distance running great Haile Gebrselassie was elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation.[2] On 14 November 2018, Double Olympic champion, Derartu Tulu has succeeded Haile Gebrselassie as president of EAF.[3]

Kit suppliers

Ethiopia's kits are currently supplied by Adidas.

References
  1. "History |".
  2. Maasho, Aaron (November 6, 2016). "Athletics: Distance great Gebrselassie elected Ethiopia athletics chief". reuters.
  3. "AIPS Media". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.


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