THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
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THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Zuzana HLAVOŇOVÁ, Lenka SVOBODOVÁ and Jan CACEK

Basic information

Original name

THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION

Authors

GRASGRUBER, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zuzana HLAVOŇOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lenka SVOBODOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Brno, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology, p. 331-344, 14 pp. 2017

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/17:00102551

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

ISBN

978-80-210-8917-4

UT WoS

000467203700034

Keywords in English

Olympic athletes; physique; race; ethnicity; height; BMI

Abstract

V originále

In this study, inspired by the classical work of Hirata (1966), we compared body dimensions (height, weight, body mass index/BMI) of national male Olympic teams at the Summer Olympic Games 2000-2016. The results show that the national averages of height and BMI from the same regions are mutually similar. The mean height of Olympic teams is highly correlated with the mean height of young men in their native countries, and mean BMI values from certain regions show consistent tendencies. These data indicate that average physical characteristics of national Olympic teams reflect the body type prevalent in their native populations, which may have very important practical implications for talent selection strategies. A specific case is that of nations of the former Yugoslavia that have the tallest averages of height among all the Olympic teams and whose physical characteristics have been investigated within a separate anthropometric project.

Links

FRVS/1030/2008, interní kód MU

Name: Multimediální učebnice pro terénní výuku

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Multimedial Textbook for the Field Work, F - Study Programmes Innovation

MUNI/A/1090/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Antropologický výzkum sportovního potenciálu v Dalmácii (Acronym: AntVyzSpPotDal)

Investor: Masaryk University, Anthropological Research of Sport Potential in Dalmatia, Category A

Citovat

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Zuzana HLAVOŇOVÁ, Lenka SVOBODOVÁ and Jan CACEK. THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION. Online. In Martin Zvonař, Zuzana Sajdlová. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017, p. 331-344. ISBN 978-80-210-8917-4.

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GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Zuzana HLAVOŇOVÁ, Lenka SVOBODOVÁ and Jan CACEK. THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION. Online. In Martin Zvonař, Zuzana Sajdlová. \textit{Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017, p.~331-344. ISBN~978-80-210-8917-4.

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