National Federation Survey (About)

The World Triathlon National Federation Survey is being carried out every year to provide a better understanding of affiliated members. The data that we can collect from the survey has been invaluable for us as we track the sport’s development across the five continents and see how best to allocate the resources necessary to continue its growth. With this information, we will be in an even better position to help our National Federations through our own programmes as well as tapping into external funding such as Olympic Solidarity from the IOC. We want to offer the best opportunities for our athletes, coaches, and technical officials to reach their potential and our member organisations, whether through improving administrative efficiencies, hosting National Championships or connecting with other federations. We are acutely aware that National Federations of all sizes and stature have particular and individual needs, so we want to be able to see the picture of World Triathlon as clearly as possible. The National Federation Survey is an excellent tool for all of us as National Federations, Continental Confederations and World Triathlon to orientate our own resources to develop triathlon more effectively.

The aim of this survey is to get a comprehensive picture about the development, background and infrastructure of member federations along eight different domains:

• Administration, Management & Governance
• Gender Equity
• Anti-Doping
• Development
• Athletes
• Coaches
• Technical Officials & Events
• Marketing, Media, Communication

Two methods of data collection
According to the nature of the examined KPIs and to get the most accurate picture about the NFs, we use dual inputs to the assessment process:
1. National Federation Survey in 3 languages (English, Spanish, French) with using online Survey Gizmo form
2. Data Collection from various World Triathlon databases and the back-end (Technical Officials, Coaches, Facilitators, Paratriathlon Classifiers, Events, Results, etc.).

World Triathlon National Federation Groups
Based on their survey responses and historical data National Federations form different groups representing their levels of development.