Introduction: The aims of this study were to determinate the anthropometric profile and physical fitness of Parkour practitioners and to establish differences by performance level. Method: Thirteen Parkour practitioners participated on this study. Agility, hamstring extensibility, horizontal jump distance, vertical jump height, vertical jump power, estimation of maximal oxygen consumption, body composition and somatotype were assessed with a battery of six tests. Also, a specific test which simulated a competition situation was performed in order to establish two groups (A: high performance; B: low performance) by the obtained score. Results: Groups A and B obtained respectively 1.7-5.3-2.5 and 2.2-4.2-2.8 on somatotype; 7.50 ± 0.52 and 8.67 ± 2.13% on fat mass; 47.44 ± 2.03 and 45.91 ± 2.68% on skeletal muscle mass; 12.47 ± 0.70 and 12.53 ± 1.21% on bone mass; 72.80 ± 11.01 and 55.19 ± 6.06 ml•Kg-1•min-1 on estimated oxygen consumption; 14.36 ± 0.47 and 15.29 ± 0.44 s on Illinois test (agility); 13.77 ± 5.20 and 7.86 ± 12.70 cm on sit and reach test; 50.09 ± 3.47 and 37.19 ± 4.82 cm on vertical jump height; 2820.84 ± 453.72 and 2105.84 ± 237.24 W on vertical jump power and 2.97 ± 0.71 and 2.60 ± 0.22 m on horizontal jump distance. Group A obtained significant lower values on ectomorphy and higher on mesomorphy, estimated oxygen consumption, agility, horizontal jump distance and vertical jump height and power. Conclusions: After determining anthropometrical profile and physical fitness, we observe that vertical jump seems to be the most important parameter on Parkour performance, also other variables like estimated maximal oxygen consumption, agility, vertical jump power, horizontal jump distance, mesomorphy and ectomorphy appear as possibly determinant factors on Parkour performance.
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