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athlete

Also known as sportsman, sportswoman, sportsperson, athletes, sports competitor

thumb|Jim Thorpe at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]

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An athlete is a person who participates in sports or physical competitions, often at high levels of skill and training. Athletes matter because they represent human physical achievement and serve as cultural figures who inspire others and compete in events that entertain and unite communities.

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IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete.British journal of sports medicine · 2018Maughan RJ, Burke LM, Dvorak J et al.DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099027
The Athlete's Heart-Challenges and Controversies: JACC Focus Seminar 4/4.ReviewJournal of the American College of Cardiology · 2022La Gerche A, Wasfy MM, Brosnan MJ et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.07.014
IOC Consensus Statement: Dietary Supplements and the High-Performance Athlete.International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism · 2018Maughan RJ, Burke LM, Dvorak J et al.DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2018-0020
Athlete Maltreatment in Sport.ReviewClinics in sports medicine · 2024Edwards CDDOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2023.06.004
ACL reconstruction in the professional or elite athlete: state of the art.ReviewJournal of ISAKOS : joint disorders & orthopaedic sports medicine · 2021Buerba RA, Zaffagnini S, Kuroda R et al.DOI: 10.1136/jisakos-2020-000456
Impact of mental toughness on athlete's performance and interventions to improve.ReviewJournal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology · 2023Soundara Pandian PR, Balaji Kumar V, Kannan M et al.DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2022-0129
Differentiating Athlete's Heart from Left Ventricle Cardiomyopathies.ReviewJournal of cardiovascular translational research · 2020Abulí M, de la Garza MS, Sitges MDOI: 10.1007/s12265-020-10021-8
[The athlete's ECG : What is normal or abnormal?].ReviewHerzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2023Ujeyl A, Niederseer DDOI: 10.1007/s00399-022-00917-0

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female form of label: atletino
male form of label: Sportler
Commons category: Sportspeople
ISCO-08 occupation class: 3421

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thumb|Jim Thorpe at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]

An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport.