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doi:10.22028/D291-30642
Titel: | The rich get richer and the poor get poorer - the Matthew mechanism as an Approach to explain selection effects and the occurrence of multiple medallists in the "production" of international success in alpine ski racing |
VerfasserIn: | Barth, Michael Güllich, Arne Emrich, Eike |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel: | Current issues in sport science : CISS : the official journal of the sport scientific societies of Austria and Switzerland |
Bandnummer: | 3 |
Startseite: | 1 |
Endseite: | 14 |
Verlag/Plattform: | University of Innsbruck, Department of Sport Science |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Dokumenttyp: | Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel |
Abstract: | The study addresses two questions that are under debate in the literature and exemplifies their examination in alpine ski racing. Firstly, are successful athletes the product of a long-term continuous intervention and/or socialization process or do they rather emerge via repeated selection processes? Secondly, to which extent is a nations’ collective success composed of many athletes’ singular successes or of a few athletes’ multiple successes? The study involved the national squad of the Austrian Ski Federation. Data collection comprised membership in a national squad and World or Olympic medal success and was carried out via document analysis (seasons: 1986-2016). The mean annual athlete turnover rate ranged from 24-57% across squad levels while the turnover rate varied substantially over time within each squad level. Among all national squad athletes, the incidence of being a successful (i.e., medal winning) National Team athlete was 8.9% (95% CI: 6.0%; 12.5%). Twenty-eight athletes won a total of 112 medals, 21 athletes achieved winning two or more medals. The six most successful athletes won 56 medals, comprising 50% of all medals won. The study suggests that successful elite athletes emerge from repeated selection and filtering processes. The observation of multiple medalists and a high concentration of exceptional success among a few athletes is reflected with regard to potential causes that rest on characteristics of the individual athlete, on social mechanisms (e.g., Matthew mechanism) of the elite sports system, or both. |
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: | 10.15203/CISS_2018.008 |
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: | https://webapp.uibk.ac.at/ojs2/index.php/ciss/article/view/2046 |
Link zu diesem Datensatz: | hdl:20.500.11880/28993 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-30642 |
ISSN: | 2414-6641 |
Datum des Eintrags: | 16-Apr-2020 |
Fakultät: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
Fachrichtung: | HW - Sportwissenschaft |
Professur: | HW - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eike Emrich |
Sammlung: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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