Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) is anIAAF recognised member officially representingBotswana as thenational governing body for the sport ofAthletics.^[1]

Less than six years after the independence of Botswana, the Botswana Athletics Association was formed at a meeting at theGaborone Secondary School on June 18, 1972. The organization was registered in June 1979, namingLt. GeneralMompati Merafhe as its president. After he retired from the military, Merafhe became Botswana'sMinister of Foreign Affairs andVice-President of Botswana from 2008 to 2012. The organization's responsibility covers the same broad umbrella ofAthletics events as the world governing body, the IAAF, with the goal of athletes competing on the international stage.^[2]

The current president is Phaphane Botlhale.^[3] Botswana athletes have found success in long sprinting and middle distance events;Nijel Amos won the first Olympic medal as a junior athlete, finishing with a silver medal in the800 metres at the 2012 Olympics behindDavid Rudisha'sworld record. He was banned for 3 years of doping.^[4] Amos remain theWorld Junior Recordholder from that performance.Amantle Montsho is the2011 World Champion at 400 meters.Isaac Makwala is the seventh fastest 400 meter runner in history and he leads a promising4 × 400 metres relay team that was in contention to medal at the2016 Olympics until the closing steps of the race.

• National members of the Confederation of African Athletics
• Athletics in Botswana
• Sports governing bodies in Botswana
• National governing bodies for athletics
• 1972 establishments in Botswana
• Sports organizations established in 1972

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