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Athletes
Swimming
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Abstract
The relative age effect is defined as the advantage that athletes born in the beginning year
selection may have on athletes born later that same year. Athletes born earlier have higher
chronological age and likely to be in more advanced biological maturation stages. The aim
was to analyze the relative age effect on swimmers in the World Championship -
Barcelona 2013. Quartiles of birth were analyzed by collecting the dates of birth of the
athletes on the FINA website. The results show that the sample, the RAE was not
observed, but when analyzing the specificity there was a higher concentration of athletes
born in the first three quartiles. It is concluded that the RAE was identified in relation to the specificity of swimmers. Further studies are needed at other levels and swimming
competitions to better characterize the RAE in swimming.
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