How much sleep does an elite athlete need?

Charli Sargent; Michele Lastella; Shona L. Halson; Gregory D. Roach

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.937

doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.937

How much sleep does an elite athlete need?

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Sleep Medicine4.80

Volume: 64, Pages: S335 - S336

Published: Dec 1, 2019

Abstract

PURPOSE Anecdotal reports indicate that many elite athletes are dissatisfied with their sleep, but little is known about their actual sleep requirements. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the self-assessed sleep need of elite athletes with an objective measure of their habitual sleep duration. METHODS Participants were 175 elite athletes (n = 30 females), age 22.2 (3.8) years (mean [SD]) from 12 individual and team sports. The...