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<italic>Study aim</italic>: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, lifestyle, training loads and competition starts of swimmers in Poland in 2020.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: The study was conducted in the form of a questionnaire on group of 123 Polish swimmers in 2020. The survey asked about differences in training, lifestyle and well-being following the introduction of pandemic restrictions. The mean age of the athletes was 23 years ± 7.6 and training experience 10 years ± 5.3.
<italic>Results</italic>: The majority of swimmers (81%) were satisfied with their health status. Respondents did not experience changes in sleep quality and length during the COVID-19 pandemic. A large proportion of respondents (83%) did not follow a special diet, while they were willing to use supplementation (58.5%). Respondents stated that the pandemic did not affect their physical activity outside of training. The athletes evaluated negatively the changes in training and competition conditions caused by the pandemic (p &lt; 0.0001).
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: The study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a major impact on the health, sleep and physical activity of swimmers in Poland in 2020, while it had a negative impact in terms of training conditions and sport competition.
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Study aim: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, lifestyle, training loads and competition starts of swimmers in Poland in 2020.
Material and methods: The study was conducted in the form of a questionnaire on group of 123 Polish swimmers in 2020. The survey asked about differences in training, lifestyle and well-being following the introduction of pandemic restrictions. The mean age of the athletes was 23 years ± 7.6 and training experience 10 years ± 5.3.
Results: The majority of swimmers (81%) were satisfied with their health status. Respondents did not experience changes in sleep quality and length during the COVID-19 pandemic. A large proportion of respondents (83%) did not follow a special diet, while they were willing to use supplementation (58.5%). Respondents stated that the pandemic did not affect their physical activity outside of training. The athletes evaluated negatively the changes in training and competition conditions caused by the pandemic (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions: The study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a major impact on the health, sleep and physical activity of swimmers in Poland in 2020, while it had a negative impact in terms of training conditions and sport competition.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on swimmers in Poland

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, lifestyle, training loads and competition starts of swimmers in Poland in 2020.
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on swimmers in Poland

Data publikacji: 23 sie 2022

Zakres stron: 220 - 228

Otrzymano: 04 sty 2022

Przyjęty: 24 maj 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2022-0027

Słowa kluczowe
SARS-CoV-2 virus, Swimming, Physical activity, Sports competition, Lifestyle

© 2022 Anna Ogonowska-Slodownik et al., published by Sciendo

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

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on swimmers in Poland

Data publikacji: 23 sie 2022

Zakres stron: 220 - 228

Otrzymano: 04 sty 2022

Przyjęty: 24 maj 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2022-0027

Słowa kluczoweSARS-CoV-2 virus, Swimming, Physical activity, Sports competition, Lifestyle

© 2022 Anna Ogonowska-Slodownik et al., published by Sciendo

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

Słowa kluczowe
SARS-CoV-2 virus, Swimming, Physical activity, Sports competition, Lifestyle