Rua Oscarito, 155 – Freguesia – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – CEP 22743-730 ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify body composition, somatotype and dermatoglyphic profi les of high performance Brazilian female judo athletes. Nowadays, millions of people practice judo around the world, for recreation, health maintenance or competition performance on different levels. The sport was created in Japan, 1882, but women started playing it many years after. The fi rst Women World Championship happened only in 1980. Because female judo is a very recent condition in the sports scenery, only a few studies were made about it. This study was characterized as a descriptive research, classifi ed as profi le and ex post facto study. The sample was composed by 28 athletes (n=28), four in each weight category; all of them included in the six best athletes of each category in the Brazilian Federation women ranking. For results analysis, the study observed the basic conditions in statistics for research scientifi city. There is a gap when we look for references on Brazilian judo athletes’ profi les, particularly female athletes of national and international levels. The theoretical and formal object of this research is centered in the high performance female judo athlete, but with intentionality that the results found here could infl uence the phenomenological and axiological comprehension of the athletes` motor aspects, in all complexity levels. The present research is included in the Human Motor Science Graduation Program with emphasis on Biophysics, in the semantic area of Motor Performance Training. To analyze the results it was fi rst considered the weight categories individually, with four subjects in each of these categories. After that, the results were analyzed considering four groups, formed by two weight categories each one, in a crescent order. The heaviest weight category was analyzed alone forming a separated forth group. It was also considered a total mean, related to the total sample with 28 subjects. The variables analyzed displayed the following means and standard deviations for the total sample: age 23.3 years ± 3.8; stature 164.8 cm ± 1.4; body mass 69.4 kg ± 4.2; body fat 20.1% ± 8.7; endomorph 3.6 ± 1.9; mesomorph 5.1 ± 1.7; ectomorph 1.5 ± 0.9; arch draw type (A), 0.6 ± 1.1; loop draw type (L), 6.3 ± 2.7; whorl draw type (W), 3.2 ± 3.0; D10 12.6 ± 3.6; SQTL 109.1 ± 34.4. Relating to the digital formulas, it was found the following mean percent results: 10A, 0.0%; AL, 10.7%; ALW, 17.9%; 10L, 7.1%; L=W, 10.7%; 10W, 7.1%; L>W, 35.7% and W>L, 10.7%. Based on these results, it was concluded that this research answered the proposed problem, fi nding the profi le of Brazilian senior female judo athletes in high performance, for the proposed variables.ncluiu-se que este estudo respondeu ao problema proposto, encontrando um perfi l das atletas de judo feminino de alto rendimento no Brasil, para as variaveis propostas.