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Finnish Athletics FederationSuomen Urheiluliitto

Finlands Friidrottsförbund
Sport| Athletics
Abbreviation| SUL
Founded| 1932
Affiliation| World Athletics
Regional affiliation| EAA
Headquarters| Helsinki, Finland
President| Sami Itani
Secretary| Harri Aalto
Official website
www.yleisurheilu.fi

Finnish Athletics Federation (Finnish: Suomen Urheiluliitto ry, abbr. SUL; Swedish: Finlands Friidrottsförbund rf) is the governing body of athletics in Finland. It was separated from the Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation in 1932.

Today SUL has 850 member clubs and some 30,000 athletes. It is a member of Finnish Sports Federation which is the main governing body of Sport in Finland.

## Presidents

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* Urho Kekkonen 1932–1947
* Lauri Miettinen 1948–1952
* Reino Piirto 1953–1963
* Toimi Tulikoura 1964
* Jukka Uunila 1965–1974
* Yrjö Kokko 1975–1976
* Carl-Olaf Homén 1977–1980
* Pertti Eräkare 1981–1982
* Tapani Ilkka 1983–1990
* Ilkka Kanerva 1991–2005
* Antti Pihlakoski 2006–2012
* Vesa Harmaakorpi 2013–2018
* Sami Itani 2019–

## External links

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* Official website (in Finnish)

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Sports governing bodies in Finland (FIN)

Summer Olympic Sports|

* Aquatics
* Diving
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* Athletics
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* inc. Beach Volleyball
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Winter Olympic Sports|

* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh
* Curling
* Skating
* Figure
* Speed
* Short Track
* Ice hockey
* Luge
* Skeleton
* Skiing
* Alpine
* Cross Country
* Nordic Combined
* Freestyle
* Jumping
* Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports|

* Air sports
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* Squash
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* Surfing
* Tug of war
* Underwater sports
* Water ski
* Wushu

Others Sports|

* American Football
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* Rugby Union
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* Finnish Olympic Committee
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National members of World Athletics

Africa
(CAA)|

| Northern (Sahara)|

* Algeria
* Libya
* Morocco
* Tunisia [fr]

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Western (Niger)|

* Benin
* Burkina Faso
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* Nigeria
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Central (Congo)|

* Burundi
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* Central African Rep.
* Chad
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* São Tomé and Príncipe

Eastern (Nile)|

* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Eritrea
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* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Uganda

Southern (Kalahari)|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Comoros [fr]
* Eswatini
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Asia
(AAA)|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran [fr]
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
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* Laos
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* Sri Lanka
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* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe
(EAA)|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
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* Georgia
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* San Marino
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* Turkey
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North America
(NACAC)|

* Anguilla
* Antigua & Barbuda
* Aruba
* The Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao†
* Dominica
* Dominican Rep.
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* French Guyana†
* Grenada
* Guadeloupe†
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique†
* Mexico
* Montserrat
* Nicaragua
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts & Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
* Sint Maarten†
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Turks & Caicos Islands
* United States
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Oceania
(OAA)|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Isl.
* Fiji
* French Polynesia [fr]
* Guam
* Kiribati
* Marshall Isl.
* F.S. Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Caledonia [fr]†
* New Zealand
* Niue†
* Norfolk Isl.
* Northern Mariana Isl.
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Isl.
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis et Futuna†

South America
(CONSUDATLE)|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

* Sport of athletics portal
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* ǂ Suspended by the decision of the World Athletics Council or OAA Council.

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National Members of the European Athletic Association

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

National subdivisions
Belgium

Flemish [fr; nl]
French [fr; nl]
United Kingdom

England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

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Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Australia
* Finland

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