What is a champion made of? Analysis of sport success from the results of Brazilian School Games (2007-2015)

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i4.27532

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School Sports; School Sport Competition; Sports Success; Public Policy.

Abstract

Medals are one of the symbols that best represent success in sport. Numerous studies, especially in the context of the Olympic Games, have used the ranking of medals won by a country to investigate social and economic determinants that may be related to success. The objective of this work was to analyze the social and economic determinants of success in Brazilian School Games (JE) in the period from 2007 to 2015. The research carried out an estimation by means of a fixed-effect panel data regression, encompassing all Brazilian federative units (UF) participating in the School Games from 2007 to 2015. The dependent variable was the total number of medals won in the period. According to the results, the most significant determinants were population, homicide rate, Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) score, Union complementation to the National Fund for Development of Basic Education (FUNDEB) and host state.

Author Biographies

Taiza Daniela Seron Kiouranis, Universidade Federal de Goiás; Universidade Federal do Paraná

PhD in Physical Education from the Federal University of Paraná and Master in Physical Education from the State University of Maringá. Post-doctoral student in Public Policies of Sport at the Federal University of Paraná. Member of the Sports Intelligence Research Institute/UFPR. Professor of the Physical Education Course at the Physical Education and Dance College of the Federal University of Goiás.

Kelwin Santos da Cruz, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Graduated in Physical Education from the Federal University of Paraná. Master's student in Physical Education at the Federal University of Paraná. Member of the Sports Intelligence Research Institute/UFPR.

Edimilson Torres de Oliveira Neto, Ministério da Economia

Undergraduate in Economics from Federal University of Brasilia. Specialist in Budget and Planning from the National School of Public Administration. Analist of Budget and Planning at the Ministry of Economics, currently working at the Secretariat of Government of the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Wanderley Marchi Júnior, Universidade Federal do Paraná

PhD and MS in Physical Education from the State University of Campinas. Post-doctorate in Sociology of Sport from West Virginia University. Professor at the Federal University of Paraná. Member of the Research Institute of Sports Intelligence/UFPR. Corresponding editor of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

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KIOURANIS, T. D. S.; CRUZ, K. S. da; OLIVEIRA NETO, E. T. de .; MARCHI JÚNIOR, W. What is a champion made of? Analysis of sport success from the results of Brazilian School Games (2007-2015). Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 4, p. e41911427532, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i4.27532. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/27532. Acesso em: 15 dec. 2024.

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