National Medical Teams during European Athletics Championships from 2009 To 2024: Composition, Gender Distribution, and Influence on Team Performance
During the European Athletics championships, approximately two-thirds of countries/teams had a national medical team, with a median of eight athletes per medical team member, with large variation between teams. Only one out of five medical team members were women. When the number of athletes per medical team member was higher, this was associated with a lower number of medals per athlete. These findings may be of help to assemble effective and successful medical teams in future championships.
Authors
- Spyridon Iatropoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-2403)
- Jane S Thornton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-7101)
- Pierre‐Eddy Dandrieux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-6728)
- Pascal Édouard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-3612)
- Karsten Hollander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9665)
- Ciara McCallion
- Marianna Kiss
- Pedro Branco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1944-3607)
- Karolina Velebova
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Western University (CA)
- International Olympic Committee (CH)
- Czech Olympic Committee (CZ)
- MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University (DE)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne (FR)
- British Athletics (GB)
- Northwood University (US)
- Université Jean Monnet (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine - Open
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00864-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72