Amateur Athletic Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Amateur_Athletic_Union
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:football_club
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:AAU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith United States Olympic Committee (historically)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1888
gptkbp:founder gptkb:William_Buckingham_Curtis
gptkbp:governs gptkb:baseball
gptkb:basketball
gptkb:football
gptkb:softball
gptkb:volleyball
gptkb:taekwondo
gptkb:pickleball
badminton
cheerleading
fencing
golf
gymnastics
hockey
judo
karate
powerlifting
soccer
surfing
swimming
table tennis
tennis
track and field
weightlifting
wrestling
diving
baton twirling
jump rope
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Orlando,_Florida,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance governed US amateur sports before USOC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amateur Athletic Union
gptkbp:membership over 700,000 members
gptkbp:motto Sports For All, Forever
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Allyson_Felix
gptkb:LeBron_James
gptkb:Michael_Jordan
gptkb:Simone_Biles
gptkb:Carl_Lewis
gptkb:Jackie_Joyner-Kersee
gptkb:Shaquille_O'Neal
Kobe Bryant
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:AAU_Junior_Olympic_Games
gptkbp:organization non-profit
gptkbp:president gptkb:Jo_Mirza
gptkbp:purpose promote and develop amateur sports
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:volunteers over 150,000 volunteers
gptkbp:website https://aausports.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AAU
gptkb:James_E._Sullivan_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4