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Number of Female Coaches in Each Team Sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Vic Huyton·Jul 23, 2021· 1 minute

Below are the number of coaching positions available within the team sports at the Tokyo Olympic Games. These include Head Coaching Roles and Assistant Coaching Roles:

Artistic Swimming ---- 69 coaching positions - 63 female coaches = 91%

Baseball / Softball ----- 26 coaching positions - 10 female coaches = 38%

Basketball ------------ 78 coaching positions - 12 female coaches = 15%

Football -------------- 59 coaching positions - 9 female coaches = 15%

Handball -------------- 29 coaching positions - 2 female coaches = 7%

Hockey ---------------- 46 coaching positions - 7 female coaches = 15%

Rugby 7s -------------- 25 coaching positions - 0 female coaches = 0%

Volleyball -------------- 48 coaching positions - 4 female coaches = 4%

Water Polo ------------- 22 coaching positions - 2 female coach = 9%

Total = 402 coaching positions - 108 female coaches = 26.8%

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