D.S. Lysenko
Senior Lecturer, Academy of Physical Culture and Sports of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don)
E-mail: dslysenko@sfedu.ru
L.E. Kiseleva
Аssociate Рrofessor, Academy of Physical Culture and Sports of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don)
E-mail: dslysenko@sfedu.ru
A.V. Lysenko
Dr.Sc. (Biol.), Professor, Academy of Physical Culture and Sports of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don)
E-mail: alysenko@sfedu.ru
A.V. Petrov
Student, Academy of Physical Culture and Sports of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don)
E-mail: dslysenko@sfedu.ru

The purpose of our work was to analyze the factors that affect the life expectancy and longevity of highly qualified athletes and representatives of such creative professions, the conditions of their professional activities are similar to the conditions of sports activities. The biographies of 476 people were analyzed.

The average life expectancy of men, who specialized in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, was 67.62 years. Judoists and boxers had an average life expectancy of 60.7 years, which is consistent with the data of other authors on the lower life expectancy of representatives of traumatic sports, for example, cyclists 62.7 years.

In the group of champions and prize-winners of the Olympic Games in sports with lower traumatic risk (swimming and track and field athletics), the average life expectancy was higher, especially for women. Among women in groups of athletes and swimmers there is also a fairly significant relative number (12% and 15%, respectively) of long-livers (who lived 90 years and more) was registered.

It was found that the life expectancy of highly qualified athletes, world ballet stars and circus art can be influenced not only by the characteristics of professional activity (the risk of injury, the severity of the creative component), but also by the high level of professional achievements and their public recognition.

In the modern sport of higher achievements, there is an extensive growth in the volume and intensity of training and competitive loads. Athletes need high-tech and effective systems for correcting the functional state, preventing negative effects of fatigue, overtraining and premature aging.

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