UK Sport could not say if a disproportionate majority of the 1,300 athletes across 47 sports it funds were born in November and October. Natalie Dunman, its head of performance, said that while the differences highlighted in the new findings were borne out by teenagers competing in junior-level competitions, they had disappeared by the time athletes were taking part in adult competitions. She said: “With elite, senior athletes, there are many factors that make a champion and our work hasn’t uncovered anything to suggest that month of birth is one of the key ingredients.”
According to Dunman, when it comes to adult athletes ...
birth month is a relatively unimportant component irth month is only one of the key ingredients almost half the 1,300 athletes employed by UK Sport were born in November and October getting sufficient vitamin D is unimportant