Athletics Integrity Unit

Name

Athletics Integrity Unit

Legal name

Athletics Integrity Unit

Website

https://athleticsintegrity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Anti-Doping & Integrity Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Anti-Doping & Integrity Bodies (WADA, match-fixing/integrity units) (MPAKAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Athletics Compliance, Eligibility & Governance (EDALAIAJ), International Sport Federations (IFs) (MPAKAFAB)

Keywords

• Anti-doping enforcement
• Athletics integrity
• Athlete testing
• Discipline process
• Whereabouts compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Beausoleil

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. World Athletics Funding: AIU is funded by World Athletics as an independent body. No direct revenue is generated from athletes or federations for anti-doping services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is the independent body of World Athletics that conducts anti-doping testing, whereabouts monitoring, and integrity enforcement for international track and field. It manages the Registered Testing Pool (RTP), performs in-competition and out-of-competition sample collection, publishes sanctions, and maintains the Global List of Ineligible Persons under World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules and the Integrity Code of Conduct.

Product overview

The Athletics Integrity Unit operates as a unified platform providing comprehensive anti-doping and integrity protection services for World Athletics. The core offering consists of the AIU Website Platform serving as the main interface for rule compliance, RTP Management for identifying and managing elite athlete testing pools, and the Disciplinary Process System for case management from provisional suspensions through appeal decisions. Supporting modules include Whereabouts Management enabling no-notice out-of-competition testing via the ADAMS system, the Knowledge Centre providing anti-doping education and the Power of Respect program, National Teams Testing Data publishing competition testing statistics, Whereabouts Failures Tracking for compliance enforcement, and the AIU Integrity Line for anonymous reporting of integrity concerns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIU Website Platform
• Registered Testing Pool (RTP) Management
• Disciplinary Process System
• Anti-Doping Testing Program
• Knowledge Centre & e-Learning
• AIU Integrity Line
• Whereabouts Management
• National Teams Testing Data

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World AthleticscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2017World Athletics established the AIU as an independent body effective April 3, 2017. The AIU operates under World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules and the World Athletics Integrity Code of Conduct. World Athletics funds AIU operations and provides governance oversight.
• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWADA produces the annual Prohibited List that AIU implements. AIU complies with WADA's International Standard for Protection of Privacy and Personal Information. ADAMS system used by AIU is maintained by WADA.
• Athletics Federation of India (AFI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIU placed India's athletics federation in highest-risk Category A for doping and is working with AFI to implement reforms. AFI has established a high-powered committee, anti-doping cell, and coach registration portal in response.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• International Cycling Union (UCI) Integrity Unit: UCI has long operated an independent doping enforcement arm given cycling's doping history. It is the most mature cycling-specific integrity body and provides comparison points on athlete biological passport deployment, whereabout enforcement, and international federation oversight structures.
• International Testing Agency (ITA): ITA provides independent anti-doping services for multiple international sports federations and major event organizers. As a peer operations agency, it offers comparison on multi-sport testing infrastructure, sample collection logistics, and intelligence functions where AIU single-handedly covers athletics.
• International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA): ITIA is the independent integrity body for tennis, performing anti-doping, match-fixing, and corruption enforcement in tennis. It mirrors AIU's structure as an independent body for a single international sport, providing direct comparison on governance, testing scale, and case management operations.
• FIFA Integrity Unit: FIFA operates an integrity function covering football/soccer globally, with similar mandate to AIU including doping control, match-fixing prevention, and corruption investigations. Direct peer in governance structure and operating model for a major international sport.
• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): WADA is the global anti-doping regulator that produces the Prohibited List and maintains the ADAMS system that AIU uses. It is the closest functional peer, operating at the international federation level with a similar mandate to eradicate doping from sport. AIU is essentially a sport-specific operational arm that implements WADA's standards.

Broad incumbents

• UK Anti-Doping (UKAD): UKAD serves as the UK national anti-doping organization under WADA. It is comparable in setting up testing programs, education, and intelligence functions but operates at a national rather than international level, making it a regional incumbent peer.
• Sport Integrity Australia: Australia's national anti-doping and integrity agency, comparable in role to UKAD and USADA. Operates domestically under WADA standards with testing, education, and advocacy functions parallel to AIU's mandate but limited to Australian athletes.
• US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA): USADA is the national anti-doping organization for the United States with delegated authority from WADA. It operates at a larger scale than AIU and serves as a benchmark for testing volume, intelligence-led investigations, and athlete outreach within a single national jurisdiction.

Others

• Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS): CAS handles arbitration of doping cases including appeals of AIU's first-instance decisions. It is an adjacent peer in the sports integrity ecosystem, serving as the appeals mechanism that AIU's disciplinary process ultimately feeds into.

Regional players

• International Skating Union (ISU) Integrity Unit: ISU operates its own anti-doping and integrity unit for skating sports. Comparable in structure to AIU but serving a smaller sport with a different athlete population, providing perspective on how integrity functions scale across different international federations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aiu_athletics
• Facebookfacebook.com/aiu.athletics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aiu-athletics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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