About Us
The Israel Athletics Association ("Association") is a legally registered Association in Israel. In the beginning of the organization's establishment, it was called the "Athletics Committee", and from 1980 onwards the "Israel Athletics Association". After the dissolution of the Israel Sports Federation, at the end of 1995, the Association became an independent Association.
The Israel Athletics Association maintains continuous relations with public institutions in Israel: the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Sports Authority, the Israel Olympic Committee, the High Performance Unit, local authorities, the Sports Association for Schools, the Unit for the Cultivation of Young Athletes, the School for Coaches at the Wingate Institute, physical education colleges and more.
The Israel Athletics Association is the body recognized by the State of Israel for the purpose of centralizing and managing the sport of Athletics in Israel, and as a result of this it is the Israeli sports entity that represents the country in international athletics entities, and maintains ongoing contact with: AIMS (the Association of Marathons and International Road Races), EA (European Athletics Federation), WA (World Athletics Federation) as well as with various associations around the world.
The purpose of the relationship is to gather and share information as much as possible about world athletics and what is happening in the various countries. The Association attaches great importance to the exchange of professional and administrative ideas and concepts between countries. As part of the connections with the various athletics federations, the Association succeeds in procuring participation for our athletes and coaches to participate in international competitions as well as training and further educational camps.
The Association maintains international cooperation on the following topics:
Participation of Israeli athletes in World and European championships
Participation of athletes in international invitational competitions
Holding international competitions in Israel
Participation in international competitions abroad
Inviting athletes from abroad to major competitions in Israel, including the Israel Open Championship
Inviting coaches from abroad for further training in Israel
Participation in the planning of the annual calendar of competitions in the world
Participation in international congresses
Inviting senior athletes to training camps in Israel
Collaborations with athletics associations throughout Europe
Vision:
Athletics in Israel will be the basis for achieving the ultimate objectives of all sports in Israel.
The Athletics Association will always be committed to:
Providing a positive experience through sports, which develops physical awareness and love for athletics
Permanent and continuous international success in all international competitions
Providing opportunities for athletes to remain active and competitive at all stages of life.
Objectives:
Main Objectives:
Increasing the achievements of Israeli athletics in the international arena.
Increasing the number of athletes in the different age categories, within the structure of training centers and athletics clubs.
Increasing the number of children and youth involved in competitive athletics
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Secondary Objectives:
Supporting and enhancing the athletics clubs in professional, managerial and budgetary aspects.
Establishment of training centers.
Improving the quality of training.
Incentive for coaches for achievement.
Increasing the number of athletics facilities.
Organizing a minimum of 80 athletics competitions every year.
