Mr. Dahlan Alhamad, the President of Qatar Athletics Federation, has received an appreciation letter from the International Association of Athletics Federation due to the success of Qatar, the active member of IAAF, in being one of the 19 countries that participated in all the competitions and meetings organized under the supervision of the International Association of Athletics Federation during 2006.

This new international recommendation letter expresses the scope of Qatar’s development in athletics and the competitive level it reached as well as the high performance capabilities. Moreover, this step explains much of Qatar’s efforts to provide the Qatari athletes with valuable participation opportunities to compete with the international athletics champions during all the international events.

The letter was received by Mr. Dahlan Alhamed during his attendance of the IAAF’s board meetings in Monaco, 13-14/11/2006. Qatar is referred to in this letter as one of the active 19 countries which participated in all the championships and competitions organized under the supervision of the International Association of Athletics Federation during 2006. The list of the 19 countries, in addition to Qatar, included: Byelorussia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and the United States of America.