Anthropometric Linear Measurements of Female Athletes in the Italian National Athletic Teams

Anthropometry is essential to understand the predisposition of an athlete practice a specific sporting activity, assess their fitness, and in association with functional parameters, identify any correlations between anthropometric profile sport performance. Here, we present profiles athletes Italian national teams, who represented Italy 2019-2020 competitive season following sports: artistic (n=4) rhythmic (n=12) gymnastics; distance swimming (speciality: 100 m freestyle) (n=14); synchronized (n=10); basketball (n=6). We also consider group sedentary women (n=22) for comparisons. The measurements were taken each woman: stature; anterior trunk height (i.e., suprasternal- symphysion distance); chest circumference passing through mesosternal point; biacromial diameter akromion-akromion wrist circumference; abdominal omphalion lumbale; hip lower limb epitrochanter-planta distance). Height was selective factor both basketball, which requires tall athletes, gymnastics, where contrast, well-muscled small stature are required. In aquatic sports, constitutional habitus characterized by good development upper body compared limbs. selection elite takes place primarily analyses, although other psychological factors influence sports