What is the ideal body shape/type for a great swimmer?

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Is having broad shoulders and back a good or bad thing? Should you have extra fat or be extra lean? I wonder how much effect one's body shape/type have one's speed.
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  • Former Member
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    On ad of one of the top US females remain be of Shirley Babashoff when she was a swimmer back in the 1970's. Shirley was tall but not as tall as some of the women swimmers today, and slim then. How some swimmers have a lot more natural talent than others I don't know.
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  • Former Member
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    On ad of one of the top US females remain be of Shirley Babashoff when she was a swimmer back in the 1970's. Shirley was tall but not as tall as some of the women swimmers today, and slim then. How some swimmers have a lot more natural talent than others I don't know.
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