Athletic career termination model in the Czech republic: A qualitative exploration

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-269

  Kadlcik, Jiri ^a   Flemr, Libor ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Athletic career termination; Elite Czech athletes; Life adjustment; Post communistic era

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049119695     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690208098544     Document Type: Article

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