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<p>The purpose of the research is to compare the somatic parameters of people practicing swimming in different conditions of the geographical environment – in Poland and Norway. The research material was collected by performing anthropometric measurements in a 112 person group of professional swimmers living in Poland and group 21 swimmers from Norway. The mean of the age in the group of Poles was 19.97 years (SD=3.31) and in the group of Norwegians it was 17.11 years (SD=1.05). A series of anthropometric measurements was performed in both research groups. Statistical analyzes were made using the Statistica 13.1 (StatSoft, USA). In summary of the results of the conducted research, it must be emphasized that these indicate differences in the somatic structure of swimmers living and training in Poland and Norway.</p>
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The purpose of the research is to compare the somatic parameters of people practicing swimming in different conditions of the geographical environment – in Poland and Norway. The research material was collected by performing anthropometric measurements in a 112 person group of professional swimmers living in Poland and group 21 swimmers from Norway. The mean of the age in the group of Poles was 19.97 years (SD=3.31) and in the group of Norwegians it was 17.11 years (SD=1.05). A series of anthropometric measurements was performed in both research groups. Statistical analyzes were made using the Statistica 13.1 (StatSoft, USA). In summary of the results of the conducted research, it must be emphasized that these indicate differences in the somatic structure of swimmers living and training in Poland and Norway.

The Anthropometric Profile of Adult Swimmers from Poland Compared to the Corresponding Data of Swimmers from Norway

Faculty of Health WSB MERITUM University of Gdańsk

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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The purpose of the research is to compare the somatic parameters of people practicing swimming in different conditions of the geographical environment – in...

The Anthropometric Profile of Adult Swimmers from Poland Compared to the Corresponding Data of Swimmers from Norway

Published Online: Jul 10, 2023

Page range: 65 - 84

Received: Mar 13, 2022

Accepted: Apr 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2022-0011

Keywords
Swimmers, Body build, Sport training, Environment, Genetics, Recruitment and selection in sports

© 2023 Marek Rejman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Anthropometric Profile of Adult Swimmers from Poland Compared to the Corresponding Data of Swimmers from Norway

Published Online: Jul 10, 2023

Page range: 65 - 84

Received: Mar 13, 2022

Accepted: Apr 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2022-0011

KeywordsSwimmers, Body build, Sport training, Environment, Genetics, Recruitment and selection in sports

© 2023 Marek Rejman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Swimmers, Body build, Sport training, Environment, Genetics, Recruitment and selection in sports