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SOMATOTYPE OF HIGHLY SKILLED FEMALE WRESTLERS FROM DIFFERENT WEIGHT CATEGORIES IN LIGHT OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM

Semenov M.M.,Martirossova K.E.,Martirosov E.G.

Department of biomedical support of MGFSO of Moskomsport, Moscow

Semenov M.M., e-mail: muradin-81@mail.ru; Martirossova Karine E., Chief Specialist, e-mail: karma28@mail.ru; Martirosov Eduard G., Ph.D., D.Sc., prof.

Abstract

The strongest wrestlers (162 females and 105 males) were examined using anthropometry and anthropological photography. For the first time it is found that the most frequently occurring somatic types for wrestlers of all Olympic weight categories are endo-mesomorphic and meso-endomorphic types. The frequency of somatic types varies somehow depending on the weight category. Thus, in the weight categories of 48 and 53 kg meso-endomorphic types are more common (33.3–48.8%); in the weight categories of 58, 63 and 75 kg endo-mesomorphic types are more common (57.6, 51.9 and 60.0% respectively). For wrestlers in the 69 kg weight category meso-endomorphic types are more common (57.1 %). Sexual dimorphism in the degree of development of somatotype components among the strongest wrestlers showed that female wrestlers, both in conditional weight categories and in merged array, have, on an average, 33–38% stronger developed endomorphic component and 40–47% weaker developed mesomorphic component. Ectomorphic component is slightly more pronounced in female wrestlers (7–18%). An exception are wrestlers from the average conditional weight category. Males from this category have stronger developed (5%) ectomorphic component. It is shown that among female wrestlers meso-endomorphic types are observed 40% more often, while among male wrestlers endo-mesomorphic types are 33–40% more common and ecto-mesomorphic types are 7–25% more common. The obtained data are interesting for the anthropology of sports and for the theory and practice of sports, and can be used in the selection process and recruitment of higher sports groups and national teams in women’s freestyle wrestling.

Keywords

anthropology of spots, wrestlers, somatotype, endomorphy, mesomorphy, ectomorphy, sports talent

Цит.: Semenov M.M.,Martirossova K.E.,Martirosov E.G. SOMATOTYPE OF HIGHLY SKILLED FEMALE WRESTLERS FROM DIFFERENT WEIGHT CATEGORIES IN LIGHT OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2016; 4/2016; с. 92-100