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Olyvia Donti

Scientific discipline
Didactics and Theory of Training in Basic Gymnastics

Teaching
Undergraduate lessons
-Didactics and Theory of Training in Basic Gymnastics
-Didactics and Theory of Training in Gymnastics for all
-Pilates

Postgraduate lessons:
-Special Issues of Gymnastics and Dance (co-teaching)
-Theory of Athletic Training (co-teaching)
-Methods of Εvaluating Athletic Training (co-teaching)

Research interests
-Youth sports
-Neuromuscular function and adaptations
-Performance in gymnastics sports

Degrees
-Bachelor of Science (B.sc), Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Science (Specialisation Diploma in Artistic Gymnastics), National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1988
-Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pedagogy (Sport Coaching), Faculty of Physical Education, Sports and Health, P.F.Lesgaft, National State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000

Selected Publications

  1. Panidi, I., Bogdanis, G. C., Terzis, G., Donti, A., Konrad, A., Gaspari, V., & Donti, O. (2021). Muscle Architectural and Functional Adaptations Following 12-Weeks of Stretching in Adolescent Female Athletes. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.701338
  2. Donti, O., Donti, A., Gaspari, V., Pleksida, P., Psychountaki, M. (2021). Are they too perfect to eat healthy? Association between eating disorders and perfectionism in adolescent rhythmic gymnasts. Εating Behaviors, 41, 101514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101514
  3. Gaspari, Bogdanis, G.C., Panidi, Giannakopoulou, G., Terzis, G., Donti, A, Kotsala, E., Donti, O. (2021). Force-Time Characteristics of Dynamic and Isometric Muscle Actions: Association with Muscle Architecture in Female Athletes. Αpplied Sciences, 11(11), 5272. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115272
  4. Panidi, I., Bogdanis, G.C., Gaspari, V., Spiliopulou, P., Donti, Α., Terzis, G., Donti, O. (2020). Gastrocnemius medialis architectural properties in flexibility trained and not trained child female athletes: a pilot study. Sports, 8(29). https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030029
  5. Donti, O., Panidis, I., Terzis, G., & Bogdanis, G.C. (2019). Gastrocnemius medialis architectural properties at rest and during stretching in athletes with different flexibility training background. Sports, 7, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7020039
  6. Donti, O., Papia, A., Panidi, I., Apostolidis, N., Bogdanis, G.C (2018). Functional and physiological adaptations after plyometric training in middle and late childhood. Review of biochemistry and physiology of exercise, 5, 1-24.
  7. Donti, O., Papia, K., Toubekis, A., Donti, A., Sands, W.A., Bogdanis, G.C. (2018). Flexibility training in preadolescent female athletes: acute and long-term effects of intermittent and continuous static stretching. Journal of Sport Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1397309
  8. Bogdanis, G.C., Donti, O., Τsolakis, C., Smilios, I., Bishop, D.J. (2017). Intermittent but not continuous static stretching improves subsequent vertical jump performance in flexibility-trained athletes. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001870
  9. Donti, O., Bogdanis, G.C., Kritikou, M., Donti, A., Theodorakou, K. (2016). The relative contribution of physical fitness to the technical execution score in youth rhythmic gymnastics. Journal of Human Kinetics, 51, 143-152, https://doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2015-0183
  10. Donti, O., Tsolakis, Ch., Bogdanis, G. (2014). Effects of baseline levels of flexibility and vertical jump ability on performance following different volumes of static stretching and potentiating exercises in elite gymnasts. Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 13, 105-113.