Differences in life expectancy between Olympic high jumpers, discus throwers, marathon and 100 meter runners An American study has followed up the best Olympians between 1928 and 1948 in relation to their life expectancy after disciplines.It turned out that the discussers the heaviest goods would be the marathon runners most easily and the oldest goods. The best survival rate had the high-sprayers and marathon runners theses the sprinters the worst sections.
The authors assume that the different life expectancy in these former top athletes were conditioned by their different body weights. The very insightful work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28149523/