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athlete

vr.tr.athlete · SOC.PER

Let an agent handle athletes by sport, discipline, level, eligibility and results, and protect their personal and health data.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle athletes by sport, discipline, level, eligibility and results, and protect their personal and health data.

A person who takes part in organised sport, training and competing at a level from amateur to elite professional.

What it is for: Competing in sport and representing clubs, countries or themselves.

It can be train and compete; register with a federation, and be licensed; be tested, under anti-doping rules; win titles, medals and records.

Distinguishing features

Takes part in organised sport, amateur or professional

Belongs to a sport and discipline, often several

Subject to federation eligibility and anti-doping rules

Para athletes compete under classification systems

What it looks like

Varies by sport; kit, numbers and accreditations identify athletes at events.

How it is recognised

Race numbers, kit and accreditation passes

Federation licences and athlete IDs

Appearance does not identify an athlete reliably

Related models

is a kind of - a role a person holds

occupation or role

competes in - events and results

sports competition

is member of - teams

national sports team or club

is governed by - licensing and eligibility

federation

In practice

Families and kinds

by level: recreational, amateur, elite, professional

by sport and discipline

para athletes with sport classes

by category: junior, senior, masters

Identifiers

federation athlete ID federation-specific for example World Athletics athlete codes

UCI ID 11 digits cycling

Standards and regulation

World Anti-Doping Code

Federation eligibility rules

IPC Athlete Classification Code for para sport

Data protection for health data

Failure modes and hazards

Merging athletes with the same name

Disclosing health or doping-test data improperly

Injury and overtraining

Safeguarding failures for young athletes

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.athlete

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity and sport Who and what sport.

Athletes are identified by federation IDs and sport.

Identity

Names and IDs.

Identity

Federation IDs and names.

  1. Which federation IDs identify this athlete? provenance
  2. Are there other athletes with the same name? boundary

Sport and discipline

What they compete in.

Sport

Sports and disciplines.

  1. In which sports and disciplines does the athlete compete? definition
  2. At what level? definition
Eligibility Who they may represent.

Eligibility and classification decide where they can compete.

Representation

Country and club.

Representation

Whom they represent.

  1. Which country and club does the athlete represent? provenance
  2. Have they changed allegiance? provenance

Classification

Para sport class.

Sport class

The sport class, if any.

  1. What sport class does the athlete hold, and is it confirmed? provenance
  2. When is it reviewed? provenance
Results Performance.

Results must come from official sources.

Record

Results and titles.

Results record

Official results.

  1. What are the athlete official results and titles? provenance
  2. Which were annulled? provenance

Ranking

Position in rankings.

Ranking

Current ranking.

  1. What is the athlete current ranking? measurement
  2. How is it calculated? definition
Integrity and welfare Clean sport and care.

Anti-doping and welfare protect athletes and sport.

Anti-doping

Testing and cases.

Anti-doping status

Status under anti-doping rules.

  1. Is the athlete subject to any sanction, according to the official record? provenance
  2. What must not be said about a pending case? boundary

Welfare

Health and safeguarding.

Welfare

Welfare provisions.

  1. What safeguarding applies, especially for minors? boundary
  2. What health data is private? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should athletes be linked to each sport and discipline separately?
  • How should results be attributed when names change?
  • How should health and classification data be protected?
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