Mon-López et al. published an article titled “Pistol and Rifle Performance: Gender and Relative Age Effect Analysis” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in 2020.
The authors aimed to compare performances between genders and analyze the relative age effect in precision shooting events.
Analyzing data from 704 participants in the recent World Shooting Championship, the researchers examined performance in rifle and pistol events, across junior and senior categories, and within different ranking positions.
The findings revealed that men outperformed women in pistol events, while no significant performance differences were observed in rifle events across the entire group. Interestingly, birth trimester did not influence participant distribution or performance outcomes. The study’s key conclusions were that men exhibited better pistol performance than women, irrespective of RAE, and that overall performance equality between genders was observed, with variations based on event and category, and no RAE impact.”
Mon-López, D., Tejero-González, C. M., de la Rubia Riaza, A., & Calvo, J. L. (2020). Pistol and Rifle Performance: Gender and Relative Age Effect Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1365. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041365
