Czech Athletics Federation


The Czech Athletics Federation is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Czech Republic.

History

The history of ČAS dates back to 1897 when Česká amatérská atletická unie was founded. It originally covered wide range of sports including football, skiing or tennis but with the gradual establishment of separate organizations for these sports only athletics remained under ČAAU after 1911. Women's athletics, originally governed by handball federation was incorporated into ČAAU in 1928. After the end of World War II and the re-establishment of Czechoslovakia, hard negotiations took place in order to secure equal position for Slovak athletes who maintained a separate national organization during war years. This was reflected in name change to Československá amatérská atletická unie in 1947. Another name change to Československý atletický svaz came one year later when the new communist government put in effect profound changes in the organization of sports. During the late communist period there were also subdivisions of ČAS, one for Czech and one for Slovak part of the federation named Český atletický svaz and Slovenský atletický zväz. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 these branches became full scale national governing bodies for athletics in their respective countries.

Kits

The Czech Republic's kits are currently supplied by Nike.