Portuguese Athletics Federation

Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo

Sport	Athletics
Abbreviation	(FPAtletismo)
Founded	5 de Novembro de 1921
Affiliation	World Athletics
Regional affiliation	EAA
President	Jorge António de Campos Vieira
Official website
www.fpatletismo.pt

Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (FPAtletismo), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Portugal.

History

The Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo was founded on 5 November 1921, under the name "Federação Portuguesa de Sports Atléticos". It is headquartered in Linda-a-Velha, Oeiras. It's an independent sports governing body, of public interest, non-profit, ruled by their own code.

The Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (FPAtletismo) organizes the Portuguese Indoor and Outdoor Athletics Championships. It has 21 regional associations, promoting and directing the practice of athletics, in men's and women's. In according with the International Association of Athletics Federations in which is a member, it also organizes doping tests in official competitions, as outside them, so it can detect doping in athletics.

Portugal in Athletics

In the Olympic Games, Portugal has won 10 medals at Athletics, including the country's only 4 gold medals.

Kits

Portugal's kits are currently supplied by Puma.

Olympic medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Event
Silver	Carlos Lopes	1976 Montreal	Men's 10000 metres
Gold	Carlos Lopes	1984 Los Angeles	Men's marathon
Bronze	António Leitão	1984 Los Angeles	Men's 5000 metres
Bronze	Rosa Mota	1984 Los Angeles	Women's marathon
Gold	Rosa Mota	1988 Seoul	Women's marathon
Gold	Fernanda Ribeiro	1996 Atlanta	Women's 10000 metres
Bronze	Fernanda Ribeiro	2000 Sydney	Women's 10000 metres
Silver	Francis Obikwelu	2004 Athens	Men's 100 metres
Bronze	Rui Silva	2004 Athens	Men's 1500 metres
Gold	Nelson Évora	2008 Beijing	Men's triple jump
Gold	Pedro Pichardo	2020 Tokyo	Men's triple jump
Silver	Patrícia Mamona	2020 Tokyo	Women's triple jump

Other Competitions

• World Athletics Competitions
• European Athletics Championships
• European Athletics Indoor Championships
• European U23 Championships
• European Junior Championships
• European Cross Country Championships
• European Mountain Running Championships

See also

• Portuguese records in athletics
• Portuguese Outdoor Men's Athletics Championship
• Portuguese Indoor Men's Athletics Championship
• Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship
• Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship

External links

• Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo
• Associação de Atletismo do Algarve
• Associação de Atletismo de Aveiro
• Associação de Atletismo de Beja
• Associação de Atletismo de Braga
• Associação de Atletismo de Bragança
• Associação de Atletismo de Castelo Branco
• Associação de Atletismo de Coimbra
• Associação de Atletismo de Évora
• Associação de Atletismo do Faial
• Associação de Atletismo da Guarda
• Associação de Atletismo de Lisboa
• Associação de Atletismo de Leiria
• Associação de Atletismo da Madeira
• Associação de Atletismo de Portalegre
• Associação de Atletismo do Porto
• Associação de Atletismo de Santarém
• Associação de Atletismo de São Miguel
• Associação de Atletismo de Setúbal
• Associação de Atletismo de Viana de Castelo
• Associação de Atletismo de Viseu