PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Posokhov¹
PhD, Associate Professor I.N. Nikulin¹
PhD, Associate Professor L.A. Kadutskaya¹
PhD V.A. Malakhov^1
1Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod

Objective of the study was to rate the armwrestlers’ anthropometric characteristics in different weight classes versus their success rates in national competitions. 58 armwrestlers qualified for the 2017 Russian student competitions were subject to the study. The anthropometric characteristics included body length and mass; chest circumference; wrist length; forearm length; strained shoulder circumference; strained forearm circumference; and hand-held dynamometry – for the reason that it is the upper limb physicality that is a key for success in this sport discipline. We applied an index method to analyze the anthropometric data arrays. The anthropometric data were obtained using the methods developed by the leading specialists in modern sport morphology. The study data and analyses showed the athletes with the longest (long shoulder) and shortest (long forearm) shoulder-to-forearm ratios having some advantage in this sport.

Keywords: arm wrestling, anthropometric characteristics, strength indicators, indices, success in competitions.

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