- World Athletics Day is celebrated every year on 07 May.
- The theme of World Athletics Day 2024 is "World Mile Challenge".
- World Athletics Day was first celebrated in 1996.
- It was launched by Primo Nebbiolo, best known as the former President of World Athletics.
- World Athletics was known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation until 2001, and the International Association of Athletics Federations from 2001 to 2019.
- In 2019, its name was changed to World Athletics.
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