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(AAU), national nonprofit organization founded in 1888 and comprising 60 associations and thousands of volunteers interested in fostering amateur sports and physical fitness. The AAU defines an amateur athlete as “one who engages in sport for pleasure . . . and to whom sport is nothing more than an avocation.” The AAU administers the AAU/USA Junior Olympics, an annual nationwide athletic program open to all girls and boys between the ages of 8 and 18. Competition is offered in 22 sports. Divisions include baseball, basketball, boxing, cross-country running, decathlon, diving, field hockey, gymnastics, heptathlon, judo, soccer, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, track and field, trampoline and tumbling, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, winter sports, and wrestling. The annual Junior Olympic Games help to identify candidates for international Olympic competition. Each year the AAU gives physical fitness tests to millions of U.S. students between 6 and 17 years of age, in order to develop a fitness profile of American youth. For adults aged 25 and over, the AAU maintains the Masters Sports and Fitness Program. Senior sports programs are also sponsored. The AAU annually presents its James E. Sullivan Award to the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete. National AAU headquarters is in Indianapolis, Ind.
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