2020, Volume 12, Issue 2

Personality and temperament of Olympic taekwondo competitors and their level of advancement and sports performance

Marta Remiszewska¹, Jerzy F. Miller¹, Marek Graczyk², Milena Lachowicz<sup>2

1</sup>Faculty of Health Science, State University of Applied Sciences
²Department of Social Sciences, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport


Author for correspondence: Milena Lachowicz; Department of Social Sciences, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport; email: millkawings@gmail.com

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Abstract

Background:  ‪The goal of the presented study was to identify personality and temperament traits of Olympic taekwondo competitors at a varied level of advancement in relation to their sports performance.

Material and methods:  ‪There were 127 Olympic taekwondo competitors in a junior category (n = 63) and a senior one (n = 64) who were divided into two research groups, i.e. competitors who won medals and competitors who did not win medals in the Polish championship of Olympic taekwondo.

Results:  H‪aving analysed the data, it turned out that the two researched groups (juniors and seniors) were similar regarding a low level of anxiety and neuroticism, a high level of extroversion and an average level of agreeableness. The only variable significantly differentiating competitors in junior and senior groups was neuroticism.

Conclusions:  ‪In the junior group, it was extroversion that differentiated the competitors with or without medals, in the senior one – agreeableness.

Key words: Olympic taekwondo, personality, temperament, sport performance