The Age in Swimming of Champions in World Championships (1994-2013) and Olympic Games (1992-2012): A Cross-Sectional Data Analysis

• Main Authors: Beat Knechtle (Author), Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (Author), Stefan König (Author), Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis (Author), Stefanie Wild (Author), Thomas Rosemann (Author), Christoph Alexander Rüst (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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(1) Background: We investigated the age of swimming champions in all strokes and race distances in World Championships (1994-2013) and Olympic Games (1992-2012); (2) Methods: Changes in age and swimming performance across calendar years for 412 Olympic and world champions were analysed using linear,...