Somatotypological peculiarities of athletes of medium weight categories who are engaged in sambo
The article presents the somatotypological peculiarities of 38 athletes aged 18-25 who are engaged in sambo. Morphological study of the athletes included: the assessment of the anthropometric measurements obtained (longitudinal, transverse and perimeters of body size), the assessment of proportions and mass body composition, Heath-Carter anthropometric somatotype method. The study revealed the informative criteria for the sports selection in sambo. Among the morphological indicators of sports suitability of sambo wrestlers there are authentically significant ones: the length of the leg, the circumference of the shoulder, the hip and thorax, the ratio of length of the shin to length of the hip and length of the forearm to shoulder length.