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Inconsistent sport_type

  • February 20, 2026
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Sport types listed in the API do not match the recent article on supported sport types: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919407-Supported-Sport-Types-on-Strava.

Can someone please provide a definitive list of supported sport types and their corresponding values for the API?

Thanks!

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Jan_Mantau
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  • February 20, 2026

If you take the english sport names from that article and remove any non letters (spaces, dashes, brackets) then you get the sport type in the API.


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  • February 20, 2026

That is incorrect, Jan. For example, “HIIT” in the article is fully spelled out and in camel case in the API documentation. Plus, the article references 4 sport types that are not in the API document - and excludes the virtual types. That’s what I meant by inconsistent: there seems to be no simple way of getting a definitive list


Jan_Mantau
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  • Hub Superuser Alumni
  • February 20, 2026

Right, I hope HighIntensityIntervalTraining is the only exception of the rule.