https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/body-proportions-archers Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/body-proportions-archersThe profile of long arms and a narrow chest does turn up in high-level archers, but it does not separate those who shoot better. In the largest sample, 33 Indian archers of national and international level, arm span exceeds height in every one of them (an average index of 104.8) and the chest is narrow in all of them; in the same sample, however, none of the eleven proportions measured is linked to score, which follows only draw weight. Between levels the data are few and conflicting: in 1987 two world-class archers have an arm span of 180 cm against 172-177 in three less experienced archers of the same height, while in 1981 six Japanese university archers have a narrower chest, not a broader one, than their country's Olympic candidates. These are descriptions of tiny groups with no comparison against people who do not shoot: the profile exists, but nobody has shown that it helps anyone shoot better.claim:proporzioni-corpo-arcieri:revision:2026-10-16:2Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/body-proportions-archersclaim:proporzioni-corpo-arcieri:new_claim:2026-10-03:contestatoSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT