German Athletics Association

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German Athletics Association
Official website
Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband

Sport	Athletics
Jurisdiction	national
Abbreviation	DLV
Founded	29 January 1898; 128 years ago (29 January 1898)
Affiliation	World Athletics
Regional affiliation	European Athletics
Headquarters	Darmstadt
www.leichtathletik.de

The German Athletics Association (German: Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband; DLV) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Germany.

Since 2010, Germany's kits are supplied by Nike.

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External links

Official website (in German)
Leichtathletik Datenverarbeitung (LADV) for athletes statistics (in German)

National members of World Athletics

Africa
(CAA)

Northern (Sahara)	Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia [fr]
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Southern (Kalahari)	Angola Botswana Comoros [fr] Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe

Asia
(AA)

Europe
(EAA)

North America
(NACAC)

Oceania
(OAA)

South America
(South American
Athletics)

Sport of athletics portal
^† NACAC and OAA associate member
^ǂ Suspended by the decision of the World Athletics Council or OAA Council.

v t e 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 Sport of athletics portal

v t e Sports governing bodies in Germany (GER)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
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 Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympic and Disabled Sports	-
Others Sports	American Football Rugby League Rugby Union Frisbee Gaelic games
German Olympic Sports Confederation National Paralympic Committee Germany

Athletics in Germany

National championships	German Athletics Championships German Indoor Athletics Championships German Cross Country Championships
Major track meetings	ISTAF Berlin Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe ISTAF Indoor ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen PSD Bank Meeting Sparkassen Cup Thorpe Cup
Major road races	Berlin Marathon Frankfurt Marathon Hamburg Marathon 25 Berlin Berlin Half Marathon
Major championships	1936 Olympic Games 1938 European Athletics Championships 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1993 World Championships in Athletics 2002 European Athletics Championships 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup 2009 World Championships in Athletics 2018 European Athletics Championships Germany at the World Championships in Athletics
Germany at the athletics competitions	World Championships World Indoor Championships European Championships European Athletics Team Championships

See also: Category:Athletics in Germany; Category:German athletes

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German Athletics Association

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