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The Asian Federation of Sports Medicine
was inaugurated in 1990 at the time of the 11th Asian
Games in Beijing. It is one of the multi-national continental
federations under supervision of the International Federation
of Sports Medicine ( FIMS). To date, it has 30 National
Sports Medicine Association members and is still growing.
The main objective of the AFSM is to foster the promotion
of sports medicine in Asia.
Its constitution, by-laws, executive and commission
structures are built in accordance to FIMS rules which
was established in 1928.
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The idea of organizing an Asian society of sports medicine
initiated in 1987, but it lasted until 1990 during FIMS
congress in Amsterdam where a preparatory meeting was
held by the Asian participants. During Asian games in
Beijing in 1990, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine
was founded and Prof Qu. was elected as the first president
of this federation. Then some sports medicine courses
were run in China and Philippine between the years 1990
and 1992. The first AFSM congress was held in Hong Kong
in 1992, after on AFSM had organized 8 congresses as
follows:
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1st Hong Kong 1992 |
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2nd Philippines 1996 |
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3rd Oman 2000 |
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4th Pakistan 2001 ( Cancelled
due to war) |
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5th Korea 2002 |
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6th Sri Lanka 2003 |
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7th Brunei 2004 |
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8th Japan 2005 |
To foster the development of sports
medicine in Asia for sporting excellence and health
for all.
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