- UK Athletics
Infobox Sport governing body
assocname= UK Athletics
sport= Athletics
abbrev = UKA
founded = 1999
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affdate =
region =
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president =Lynn Davies
chairman = Ed Warner
secretary =
coach =
womenscoach =
replaced = British Athletics Federation
url = www.ukathletics.net
countryUK Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the
United Kingdom .UK Athletics was founded in
1999 as a successor to the British Athletics Federation, which had collapsed for financial reasons.Following
Great Britain 's worst performance at aEuropean Athletics Championship for twenty years, CEO and former long distance runnerDavid Moorcroft announced on24 August 2006 that he would step down from his position at UK Athletics: "I am convinced that I am taking the right decision at the right time." The results in Gothenburg (not one individual gold medal being obtained) were the latest in a string of disappointing medal hauls at major championships with theLondon 2012 Olympics looming large on the horizon [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/5281328.stm BBC SPORT | Athletics | Moorcroft quits as athletics boss ] ] .On
9 January ,2007 businessman Ed Warner was named chairman [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/6244449.stm BBC SPORT | Athletics | Businessman to head UK Athletics ] ] . The president remainsLynn Davies , the former British Olympic champion long jumper.UK Athletics is also responsible for governing over the countries'
Athletics Official s.UK Athletics has
Norwich Union as its principalsponsor .Athletics clubs, coaches, teachers and competitions can be found at [http://www.ukathletics.net www.ukathletics.net] The official site of UK Athletics.
ee also
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UK records in athletics References
External links
* [http://www.ukathletics.net Official site]
* [http://www1.powerof10.info/ UK Rankings]
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