Ethiopian Athletic Federation

Ethiopian Athletic Federation (EAF) is an IAAF recognised member officially representing Ethiopia as the national governing body for the sport of Athletics.

History

The history of the sport may be traced back to military and school organizations in 1897. The organization was formed in 1949.^[1] The ability of East African athletes was announced to the world in the 1960 Olympics as barefooted Abebe Bikila took the gold medal in the Marathon. Bikila repeated in 1964 and the floodgates were opened. Ethiopia has captured 45 Olympic medals, all of them in long distance running through 2012, despite participating in three Olympic boycotts. The organization is also responsible for selecting representatives to other world championship events.

Kit suppliers

Ethiopia's kits are currently supplied by Adidas.

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National members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
Africa CAA	Northern ALG LBA MAR TUN Western BEN BUR CPV CIV GAM GHA GUI GBS LBR MLI MTN NIG NGR SEN SLE TOG Eastern DJI EGY ERI ETH KEN SOM SSD SUD TAN UGA Central BDI CAF CGO CHA CMR COD GAB GEQ RWA STP Southern ANG BOT COM LES MAD MAW MOZ MRI NAM RSA SEY SWZ ZAM ZIM
Asia AAA	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KUW KGZ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP PRK OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN KOR SRI SYR TJK THA TLS TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe EAA	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS ǂ SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR
North America NACAC	AIA ANT ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER IVB CAN CAY CRC CUB DMA DOM GRN GUA HAI HON JAM MEX MNT NCA PUR SKN LCA VIN ESA TTO TKS USA ISV
Oceania OAA	Western AUS GUM KIR MHL FSM NMI PNG NRU PLW SOL VAN Eastern ASA COK FIJ PYF NZL NFI SAM TGA TUV NCL† NIU†
South America CONSUDATLE	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU GUY PAN PAR PER SUR URU VEN
Non-IAAF members	CUR GUF GLP MTQ NEV SXM
† = associate members, ǂ = suspended