Beach Volleyball Athlete Profile - Rio 2016
I somehow found this article today, talking about the increasing height of beach volleyball players. What struck me is that it was written 9 years ago, but sounds like it could have been written for the upcoming Olympics. Which got me thinking - we always hear about how tall athletes are, and tall players are always targeted for development opportunities, but are athletes really getting taller? The following data comes from the NBCOlympics.com site. I don't know about its accuracy, other than to say that if they aren't accurate, then it is more likely they are over-estimated than under-estimated.
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Women | Men | |
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Average (cm) | 179.8 | 195.0 |
Maximum (cm) | 195.6 | 210.8 |
Minimum (cm) | 162.6 | 177.8 |
Median (cm) | 180.3 | 195.6 |
Other interesting facts:
- Women
- 30 female athletes under 6 foot
- 11 athletes in the Top 10 teams under 6 foot
- 2 athletes in the Top 3 teams under 5 foot 10
- Men
- 23 athletes under 6 foot 5 inches
- 7 athletes in the Top 10 teams under 6 foot 5
- 2 athletes in the Top 3 teams 6 foot 1
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