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dc.contributor.authorBarker-Ruchti, N
dc.contributor.authorBarker, D
dc.contributor.authorRynne, S
dc.contributor.authorLee, J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:51:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-30T23:18:46Z
dc.identifier.issn1462-3943
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14623943.2012.670107
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/52125
dc.description.abstractAlthough training in sport is necessary to reach Olympic status, a conditioned body is not the only outcome. Athletes also learn how to be Olympians. This learning involves taking on certain ways of acting, thinking and valuing. Such learning has implications beyond competition, as athletes eventually retire from elite sport and devote their time to other activities. This paper examines processes of learning and transition using the case of Amelia, a former Olympic synchronised swimmer. Through two in-depth interviews, empirical material was generated which focused on the learning that took place during this athlete's career and after, during her transition to paid employment. A cultural view of learning was used as the theoretical frame to understand the athlete's experiences. Our reading suggests that the athlete learned in various ways to be productive. Some of these ways of being were useful after retirement; others were less compatible. In fact, Amelia used a two-year period after retirement to reconstruct herself. Key to her eventual successful transition was to distance herself from the sport and to critically reflect upon her sporting experiences. We thus recommend that those involved with high-performance athletes foster a more balanced perspective that acknowledges and promotes ways of being beyond athletic involvement.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom373
dc.relation.ispartofpageto385
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalReflective Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhilosophy and religious studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode39
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode399999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode50
dc.title‘One door closes, a next door opens up somewhere’: the learning of one Olympic synchronised swimmer
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLee, Jessica


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