European Athletics High-Performance Conference 23-24 November 2013, Frankfurt (GER)

Discussion Group Feedback What can federations really do to affect the performances of elite athletes? Centralisation ( athletics specific or multi-sports) Best athletes , best coaches, best medics Focus on junior to U23 categories Long term development of athletes

What are the reasons European athletes seem to compete less than successful athletes from other areas? University and collegiate North American system Calendar improvement Athletes and coaches decide together not to compete until peak condition is reached Counter opinion: competition is part of training Season of the youngsters ends very early

What can we do to improve the planning of performance development and the provision of services to elite athletes and their coaches? Conferences should includes scientific and medical staff Formal and informal education Coach exchanges and resources sharing Information sharing and mentoring Development of inter-nation matches

What are the recommendations you can make for each other and European Athletics? Journal publication (online) Translation of existing information Catalogue of existing knowledge Better control of citizenship change

Group Members Jean Gracia FRA Ramon Cid ESP Ghani Yalouz Peter Stanley GBR Cheick-Idriss Gonschinska GER Massimo Magnani ITA Igor Mironenko RUS Mikael Norman SWE Isik Bayraktar TUR Mykhailo Medved UKR Tomas Dvorak CZE Krzysztof Kecki POL Vahagn Javakhyan ARM Eduardo Garcia Garcia AND Nazim Israfilov AZE Kestutis Jezepcikas LTU Eduardo Ricardo Aliaksandr Trashchyla BLR Anatolie Popusoi MDA