Sports statistics

Welsh Health Survey
Includes data on physical activity in adults and children.

Living in Wales, 2008
Provides information on sport and leisure provision.

Statistical articles

Athletic Performance and Age (100 years ago compared with now)
Compares the current performances of athletes between the ages of 40 and 100 with those of Olympic medallists of a hundred years ago.

Other sources of information

Links to information published by other organisations.

Sports Council for Wales website: Research and Policy
The Sports Council for Wales is responsible for a number of surveys relating to sport and physical activity.

Data Unit ~ Wales website: Gwion
Includes data on participation in the free swimming initiative.

Office for National Statistics’ website: Culture, leisure and social participation

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