2026-04-27T08:18:58Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/692742025-01-29T09:22:01Zcom_10324_1142com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1258
Asensio Castañeda, Eva
Navarro, Rafael M.
Chamorro, José L.
Ospina Betancurt, Jonathan Andrés
2024-07-29T11:51:12Z
2024-07-29T11:51:12Z
2023
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, Vol. 20, Nº. 6, 5153
1660-4601
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/69274
10.3390/ijerph20065153
5153
6
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
20
1660-4601
Background: Combining sports and studies could be stressful, but beneficial for the athletes’ career development. This study explores resources and barriers in the combination of the sports and academic life spheres during the lifespan of elite Spanish track-and-field athletes. Methods: Seven elite Spanish track-and-field athletes participated in a semistructured interview about their experiences to establish a dual career combining sports and studies/work. Interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) followed to analyze data. Results: Findings show that elite Spanish track-and-field athletes face educational and institutional barriers to developing a dual career. Time management, social support, and additional resources could play a key role in the success or failure to develop a dual career. Conclusions: This study shows that, to overcome dual-career barriers, athletes are resourceful if social support is provided at both the micro (coaches, families, etc.) and macro (political and educational institutions) levels. It also shows that pursuing an academic career can help in alleviating inherent tensions to athletic life and in finding personal balance.
eng
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
© 2023 The authors
Atribución 4.0 Internacional
Athletics
Atletismo - Entrenamiento
Athletes
Atletas
Career development
Elite athletes
Deportistas profesionales
Sports
Deportes
Sport - Spain
Deportes - España
Sport Training
Entrenamiento (Deportes)
Public health
A holistic vision of the academic and sports development of elite Spanish track and field athletes
info:eu-repo/semantics/article