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Objective  To determine whether Olympic medallists live longer than the general population.  Design  Retrospective cohort study, with passive follow-up and conditional survival analysis to account for unidentified loss to follow-up.  Setting and participants  15 174 Olympic athletes from nine country groups (United States, Germany, Nordic countries, Russia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand) who won medals in the Olympic Games held in 1896–2010. Medallists were compared with matched cohorts in the general population (by country, age, sex, and year of birth).  Main outcome measures  Relative conditional survival.  Results  More medallists than matched controls in the general population were alive 30 years after winning (relative conditional survival 1.08,95% confidence interval 1.07 to1.10). Medallists lived an average of2.8 years longer than controls. Medallists in eight of the nine country groups had a significant survival advantage compared with controls. Gold, silver, and bronze medallists each enjoyed similar sized survival advantages. Medallists in endurance sports and mixed sports had a larger survival advantage over controls at 30 years (1.13, 1.09 to 1.17; 1.11,1.09 to 1.13) than that of medallists in power sports (1.05,1.01 to 1.08).  Conclusions  Olympic medallists live longer than the general population, irrespective of country, medal, or sport. This study was not designed to explain this effect, but possible explanations include genetic factors, physical activity, healthy lifestyle, and the wealth and status that come with international sporting glory.

Survival of the fittest: retrospective cohort study of the longevity of Olympic medallists in the modern era