About Us

Balkan Athletics serves as a cornerstone of athletics in the Balkans. We organize annual events like the Balkan Athletics Championships and the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships, as well as age group competitions and out-of-stadia events.  We are dedicated to fostering a spirit of competition and passion in athletics through various initiatives and competitions.

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Organizational Structure

Our governing bodies and committees.

Balkan Athletics Structure

Congress

 

Council

 

Supervisory board

President : 
Slobodan Branković (SRB)

Vice president: 
Lambros Papakostas (GRE)

Vice president: 
Cristina-Maria Man (ROU)

General secretary: 
Predrag Momirović (SRB)

Balkan Athletics Council:

Council President:
Slobodan Branković (SRB)

Council member:
Lambros Papakostas (GRE)

Council member:
Cristina-Maria Man (ROU)

Council member:
Georgi Pavlov (BUL)

Council Member:
Primož Feguš (SLO)

Balkan Athletics Honorary president:

Dobromir Karamarinov (BUL)

Our Members

Meet the federations that make up Balkan Athletics.

Albanian Athletics Federation

President: Taulant Stërmasi

General secretary: Enea Rezhda

Website: https://fsha.eu/

Contact phone: +355 42 223 414

Mail address: alb@mf.worldathletics.org

Armenian Athletic Federation

President: Robert EMMIYAN

General secretary: Narine SHAHBAZYAN

Contact phone: +374 1 054 1262/54 12 63

Mail address: info@armatletika.am

Osterreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband

President: Sonja SPENDELHOFER

General secretary: Helmut BAUDIS

Website: www.oelv.at

Contact phone: +43 (01) 505 7350

Mail address: office@oelv.at

Azerbaijan Athletics Federation

President: Javid GURBANOV

General secretary: Meherrem SULTANZADE

Website: http://af-aze.org/

Contact phone: +994 (12) 465 7274

Mail address: aze@mf.worldathletics.org

Athletic Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina

President: Duško IVIČIĆ

General secretary: Mehmet LOKMIĆ

Website: www.asbih.org

Contact phone: +387 (33) 44 5889

Mail address: asbih@bih.net.ba

Bulgarian Athletic Federation

President: Ivan KOLEV

General secretary: Galia PUHALEVA

Website: www.bfla.org

Contact phone: +359 2930 0669

Mail address: bul@mf.worldathletics.org

Croatian Athletics Federation

President: Ivan VESTIC

General secretary: Mihaela VIDOVIĆ

Website: www.has.hr

Contact phone: +385 1 46 10 117

Mail address: has@has.hr

The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus

President: Pericles A. MARKARIS

General secretary: Kyriakos MICHAEL

Website: www.koeas.org.cy

Contact phone: +357 2 244 9825

Mail address: koeas@cytanet.com.cy

Athletic Federation of Georgia

President: Aleksi AKHVLEDIANI

General secretary: Gvantsa MIKELADZE

Website: www.geoathletics.ge

Contact phone: +995 (32) 235 6176

Mail address: info@geoathletics.ge

Association Hellénique d’Athlétisme Amateur

President: Sofia SAKORAFA

General secretary: Georgios GIATROUDAKIS

Website: www.segas.gr

Contact phone: +30 (21) +30 2111 877703/4

Mail address: internationalrelations@segas.gr

Israeli Athletic Association

President: Ami BARAN

General secretary: Gal LEVI (CEO)

Website: www.iaa.co.il

Contact phone: +972 (3) 648 6256

Mail address: jack@iaa.co.il

Kosovo Athletic Federation

President: Halil SYLEJMANI

General secretary: Abdurrahman SHKODRA

Website: www.fakosova.org

Contact phone: +383 44 119 805

Mail address: kos@mf.worldathletics.org

Athletics Malta

President: Aldrin CASSAR

General secretary: Vacant

Website: http://athleticsmalta.com/

Contact phone: +356 (21) 252 149

Mail address: president@athleticsmalta.com

Federatia de Atletism din Republica Moldova

President: Anatolie BALAN

General secretary: Constantin NEGURA

Website: www.fam.com.md

Contact phone: +373 2227 8301

Mail address: mda@mf.worldathletics.org

Athletic Federation of Montenegro

President: Milorad VULETIĆ

General secretary: Milan MADZGALJ

Website: www.ascg.co.me

Contact phone: +382 67 21 84 56

Mail address: ascg@t-com.me

Athletic Federation of North Macedonia

President: Aleksandra VOJNESKA ZIKOVA

General secretary: Dejan ANGELOVSKI

Website: http://www.afm.org.mk/

Contact phone:+389 (2) 313 1325

Mail address:mkd@mf.worldathletics.org

Federatia Romana de Atletism

President: Anișoara STANCIU

General secretary: Valy CACIURIAC

Website: www.fra.ro

Contact phone: +40 (21) 319 2445

Mail address: office@fra.ro

Federazione Sammarinese Atletica Leggera

President: Mauro Santi

General secretary: Marcello CARATTONI

Website: www.fsal.sm

Contact phone: +378 (88) 56 49

Mail address: info@fsal.sm

Serbia Athletic Federation

President: Veselin JEVROSIMOVIC

General secretary: Slobodan BRANKOVIC

Website: www.sas.org.rs

Contact phone: +381 (11) 262 5088

Mail address: office@sas.rs

Slovenian Athletics Association

President: Primož FEGUŠ

General secretary: Nejc JERASA (Director)

Website: http://slovenska-atletika.si/

Contact phone: +386 (31) 206 893

Mail address: info@atletska-zveza.si

Turkish Athletic Federation

President: Fatih ÇİNTİMAR

General secretary: Yasemin BAKICI

Website: www.taf.org.tr

Contact phone: +90 (312) 309 1961

Mail address: atletizmtr@yahoo.com

Ukrainian Athletic Association

President: Olga SALADUKHA (Acting President)

General secretary: Iolanta KHROPACH

Website: www.uaf.org.ua

Contact phone:+380 (50) 382 5761

Mail address: office@uaf.org.ua