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Do weight categories prevent athletes from relative age effect?

Nicolas Delorme1

  • 1a University of Bordeaux, Laboratoire Cultures, Education, Sociétés , Bordeaux , France.

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Summary

Weight categories may prevent the relative age effect in sports. This study found no relative age effect in French boxers, suggesting weight classes promote fair competition.

Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Sociology of Sport

Background:

  • The relative age effect (RAE) is a phenomenon where athletes born earlier in the selection year are overrepresented in elite sports.
  • Weight categories in sports are hypothesized to mitigate the RAE by ensuring fairer competition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if weight categories eliminate the relative age effect in boxing.
  • To analyze RAE in French female and male amateur boxers and male professional boxers.

Main Methods:

  • Data collection of birth dates for French amateur boxers (female n=727, male n=5440) and professional boxers (male n=354) from the 2010-2011 season.
  • Statistical analysis to identify the presence or absence of the relative age effect across different categories.

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  • Absence of the relative age effect in French female and male amateur boxers.
  • Absence of the relative age effect in French male professional boxers.
  • An inverse relative age effect was observed in the male 18-18+ age category.

Conclusions:

  • Weight categories appear to be an effective strategy in mitigating the relative age effect in sports.
  • The observed inverse RAE in older male boxers suggests strategic adaptation by younger athletes to sports with weight classes.
  • Further research into weight-categorized sports can provide insights into fair competition models.