THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://conference.fsps.muni.cz/media/3065171/proceedings-of-the-11th-conference-on-kinanthropology.pdf" target="_blank" >http://conference.fsps.muni.cz/media/3065171/proceedings-of-the-11th-conference-on-kinanthropology.pdf</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
THE PHYSIQUE OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALENT SELECTION
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology
ISBN
9788021089174
ISSN
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e-ISSN
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Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
331-344
Publisher name
Masarykova univerzita
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno, Česká republika
Event date
Nov 29, 2017
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000467203700034