Navigating the transition from (high-)performance sport to post-retirement life

Chair(s): Röthlin, Philipp (Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, Magglingen, Switzerland), Schmid, Michael Johannes (Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Switzerland)

Presentations of the Symposium

“Quit or continue?” Profiles of career-relevant resources and their association to career termination or continuation: A longitudinal study with Swiss elite athletes

Zuber, Claudia, Örencik, Merlin, Schmid, Jürg, Ronkainen, Noora J., Schmid, Michael J.
Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Switzerland

Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland

Schmid, Michael J., De Crom, Laurin, Conzelmann, Achim, Schmid, Jürg
Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Switzerland

Endurants, utilitarians or leavers? Variability of post-career relationships with sport among former top-level athletes

Longchamp, Philippe, Braizaz, Marion, Tawfik, Amal
Haute École de Santé Vaud (HES/SO), Lausanne, Switzerland