๐ŸŽ‚ Birthday Paradox ยท Sports
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Olympic Alpine Skiing (Skiing)

Delegation

341 team lists ยท 3,441 player entries ยท avg team size 10.1

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is +0.7 points above the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
14.4%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
13.6%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
+0.7 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Positive means the sport has more birthday matches than size alone predicts.
Team lists
341
teams analysed
Why it matters: Enough team lists for a useful sport-level read.
What to notice: The best question on a sport page is not "is the real rate high?" but "is it high after accounting for team size?" That is what the gap card is answering.

Country comparison

Countries with the most team lists for Olympic Alpine Skiing (Skiing), charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

What to compare: This view is best for spotting sample-shape differences inside a sport. Among the highest-sample countries, FRA has the highest observed rate, with an average team size of 14.3.

Gender split inside this sport

Real and expected rates for labelled team lists in this sport.

Why it matters: The gender gap is mostly a team-size story. Women have the larger average team size here (10.5 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
USA2214.831.8%
ITA2213.927.3%
FRA2114.338.1%
SUI2114.928.6%
AUT2115.638.1%
CAN2110.69.5%
NOR199.05.3%
SWE178.75.9%
GBR179.10.0%
GER159.520.0%
ARG156.56.7%
LIE116.40.0%
SLO1011.110.0%
JPN97.00.0%
ESP86.512.5%
CHI65.30.0%
CZE68.30.0%
YUG68.70.0%
FRG613.00.0%
ISL55.80.0%
AUS56.00.0%
CRO58.820.0%
POL56.80.0%
RUS56.60.0%
URS45.80.0%
SVK46.825.0%
NZL45.50.0%
AND35.30.0%
HUN36.033.3%
TCH36.30.0%
ROU26.50.0%
KOR25.00.0%
TUR26.00.0%
BUL25.00.0%
BOL25.50.0%
ROC26.00.0%
BRA17.00.0%
CHN15.00.0%
CYP15.00.0%
MEX110.0100.0%
What to notice: Countries with larger average teams will naturally show more shared birthdays. The country list is most useful for finding which samples are driving this sport's overall rate.

By gender

Where the dataset records it.

GenderTeam listsRealExpectedGap
Women25517.3%14.5%+2.7 points
Men865.8%10.9%-5.1 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
ITA Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1998 Winter) ยท ITA1998 Winter22147.6%
SUI Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1994 Winter) ยท SUI1994 Winter21244.4%
SUI Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1992 Winter) ยท SUI1992 Winter21244.4%
FRA Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (2010 Winter) ยท FRA2010 Winter21144.4%
AUT Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (2022 Winter) ยท AUT2022 Winter21144.4%
AUT Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1992 Winter) ยท AUT1992 Winter20141.1%
AUT Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1994 Winter) ยท AUT1994 Winter20141.1%
AUT Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (2002 Winter) ยท AUT2002 Winter20141.1%
AUT Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (2006 Winter) ยท AUT2006 Winter20141.1%
USA Alpine Skiing (Skiing) (1992 Winter) ยท USA1992 Winter20141.1%
What to notice: The sample team lists show the mechanics: once the player count gets large, the expected chance climbs quickly, and each repeat is another player landing on a date already present.