Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008

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Autor(a) principal: Romaneiro, Carla
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Folgado, Hugo, Batalha, Nuno, Duarte, Ricardo
Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2074
Resumo: Research on expert performance field revealed a strong trend in the association of the birth dates of elite athletes to the first trimesters of the year (Wattie et al. 2008). The aim of this study was to analyze the birth date distribution of all top elite athletes who participated in Olympic Games at Beijing 2008. Athletes (n = 18.132) were divided according to gender, continent and sports. The birth dates of the athletes were divided into quarters. To analyze the distribution of the population by quarter we used the Chi-square test. Results showed statistical differences in the distribution for the total population, and for females and males population, showing a trend for athletes to born in the earlier part of the year. Relatively to the continent, statistical differences appear only in Africa, Asia and Europe. In terms of sports, statistical differences were found in the distribution of 6 sports in females (athletics, badminton, basketball, modern pentathlon, rowing, and swimming) and 9 sports in males (athletics, basketball, canoeing, road cycling, football, handball, rowing, swimming, and volleyball). In all cases, distribution showed a higher participation of athletes born in the beginning of the year. These results show a clear influence of the athlete’s date of birth in the achievement of expert performance, in several sports and continents.
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title Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
spellingShingle Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
Romaneiro, Carla
Sports
Elite athletes
Birth date
title_short Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
title_full Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
title_fullStr Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
title_full_unstemmed Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
title_sort Relative Age Effect of Olympic Athletes in Beijing 2008
author Romaneiro, Carla
author_facet Romaneiro, Carla
Folgado, Hugo
Batalha, Nuno
Duarte, Ricardo
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author2 Folgado, Hugo
Batalha, Nuno
Duarte, Ricardo
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Folgado, Hugo
Batalha, Nuno
Duarte, Ricardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sports
Elite athletes
Birth date
topic Sports
Elite athletes
Birth date
description Research on expert performance field revealed a strong trend in the association of the birth dates of elite athletes to the first trimesters of the year (Wattie et al. 2008). The aim of this study was to analyze the birth date distribution of all top elite athletes who participated in Olympic Games at Beijing 2008. Athletes (n = 18.132) were divided according to gender, continent and sports. The birth dates of the athletes were divided into quarters. To analyze the distribution of the population by quarter we used the Chi-square test. Results showed statistical differences in the distribution for the total population, and for females and males population, showing a trend for athletes to born in the earlier part of the year. Relatively to the continent, statistical differences appear only in Africa, Asia and Europe. In terms of sports, statistical differences were found in the distribution of 6 sports in females (athletics, badminton, basketball, modern pentathlon, rowing, and swimming) and 9 sports in males (athletics, basketball, canoeing, road cycling, football, handball, rowing, swimming, and volleyball). In all cases, distribution showed a higher participation of athletes born in the beginning of the year. These results show a clear influence of the athlete’s date of birth in the achievement of expert performance, in several sports and continents.
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