European Cross Country Championships
The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.
Action from the men's race in 2010
Multiple champion Serhiy Lebid winning in 2008
Hayley Yelling winning the 2009 women's race
Nadia Battocletti (Italy, pictured in 2019) won the Under-20 female race twice.
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 members and is headquartered in Lausanne.
Adriaan Paulen, the Association's first president (1969–1976)
European Athletics' current headquarters in Lausanne.
Image: SA Hansen