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Subsequently, an attempt was made to determine which personality traits significantly determine belonging to the group of champions\u2014and therefore determine success in sport. The participants were men aged between 20 and 29 from the Polish population of sportsmen. A total of 1260 athletes were tested, out of whom 118 were qualified to the champions sample\u2014those athletes had significant sports achievements. The research used the NEO-FFI Personality Questionnaire. Basic descriptive statistics, a series of Student\u2019s t-tests for independent samples using the bootstrapping method, as well as a logistic regression model were performed. In relation to other athletes, champions were characterized by a lower level of neuroticism and a higher level of extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. An important personality determinant was neuroticism: the lower the level of neuroticism, the greater the probability of an athlete being classified as a champion. There are differences between champions and other athletes in all personality dimensions in terms of the Big Five. Based on the result of the research, it can be stated that personality differences should be seen as a consequence of athletes\u2019 success, rather than as a reason for athletes\u2019 success, based on their age between 20 and 29.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18126297","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,10]],"date-time":"2021-06-10T13:31:39Z","timestamp":1623331899000},"page":"6297","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Personality Determinants of Success in Men\u2019s Sports in the Light of the Big Five"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6525-3936","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pawe\u0142","family":"Piepiora","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University School of Physical Education in Wroc\u0142aw, 51-612 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zbigniew","family":"Piepiora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wroc\u0142aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/0146-6402(82)90004-2","article-title":"Sport and personality","volume":"4","author":"Eysenck","year":"1982","journal-title":"Adv. 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