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dc.contributor.authorPattenden, Hillary
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T15:24:24Z
dc.date.available2016-02-18T15:24:24Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/8420
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of Canada’s high performance athletes who have benefitted from Own the Podium (OTP)-recommended funding and support leading up to an Olympic or Paralympic Games. OTP, a nonprofit agency, is responsible for determining the overall investment strategy for high performance sport in Canada through recommendations to support national sport organizations (NSOs) with the aim to improve Canadian performances at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. For this study, data were collected through in-depth interviews with eleven Canadian high performance athletes (i.e., single-sport Summer/Winter Olympians and Paralympians and recently retired athletes). Analysis of the data resulted in twelve overarching themes; resources, pressure, missing gap, results, targeting, stress, expectations, boost in confidence, OTP relationship, OTP name, pre/post OTP, and lost funding. Overall, results from this exploratory research indicate that athletes generally had a favourable perception regarding OTP-recommended funding and support.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectOwn the Podiumen_US
dc.subjecthigh performance sporten_US
dc.subjectathlete fundingen_US
dc.subjectOlympic Gamesen_US
dc.subjectParalympic Gamesen_US
dc.titleOwn the Podium Funding and Support: The Athletes' Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Applied Health Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentApplied Health Sciences Programen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Applied Health Sciencesen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-16T10:29:11Z


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