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Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)

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The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) is the governing body for track and field athletics in Jamaica, headquartered in Kingston, overseeing the national program of a Caribbean island of under three million people that has become one of the most dominant sprinting nations in Olympic and World Athletics Championships history. It selects Jamaica's national teams and organizes the Jamaica International Invitational and domestic championships that have produced sprinters including Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah.

Facts
Body Type
Sports governing body 1
Founded
1932 1
Headquarters
Kingston, Jamaica 1
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Source Wikipedia, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)

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Source Wikipedia, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)

Governs

Athletics, Sports
Source Wikipedia, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata claim, instance of
    sports governing body
  • Infobox, founded
    1932
  • Infobox, headquarters
    Kingston
  • Associated With: World Athletics, Affiliations section
    JAAA is the national member federation for Jamaica in the following international organisations
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