Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, National University of Skill (NUS), Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
3 Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht
Abstract
Introduction: Winning a medal is certainly one of the main achievements of an athlete's career, it happens to the country the athlete belongs to because of exposure to the world through the media, also, medals create national pride and create an atmosphere of success, the aim of this research was to design a paradigm model of medal winning athletes.
Methods: The current research is an exploratory research in terms of its purpose and a fundamental research in terms of direction; To build the conceptual model of the research, the foundation data theory method (grand theory) was used by Strauss and Corbin method. Judgmental and Snowball sampling method with a sample size of 13 people including; The professors of sports management, members of the board of directors of sports boards, athletes and staff of sports teams reached theoretical saturation.
Results: The findings showed that based on the results of qualitative data analysis from the interview in the form of 5 dimensions including; Causal factors (7 categories), contextual factors (6 categories), intervening factors (7 categories), strategies (6 categories) and consequences (7 categories) were identified by including 208 open codes in the matter of athletes' medal winning continuity.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is suggested that the sports officials help by providing youth development centers and training camps to facilitate the path of finding talent and create a safe path to develop talented athletes and increase the continuity of medal winning among athletes.
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