Albert Gollhofer (born 24 March 1954) is a German

sport scientist Sports science is a discipline that studies how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how sports and physical activity promote health and performance from cellular to whole body perspectives. The study of sports science traditionally i ...

and academic scholar.

Life

Born in

Fellbach Fellbach () is a town on the north-east edge of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of approximately 45.430 is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis. The area of the town is . Fellbach was first mention ...

, Gollhofer studied sports science, physics and performance physiology at the

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg ...

. In 1986, his doctoral thesis on "Components of fast strength performance in the stretch-shortening cycle" was accepted in Freiburg, between 1988 and 1994 he led a project funded by the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft The German Research Foundation ( ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2019, the DFG had a funding bu ...

. From 1993 to 2000, Gollhofer worked at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

as a professor of

biomechanics Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to Organ (anatomy), organs, Cell (biology), cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechani ...

. In September 2000, he took up a position at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg as a professor in the department of exercise and movement sciences, becoming director and full professor at the Institute of Sport and Sport Science. From 2014 to 2016, Gollhofer was

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of the faculty of economics and behavioural sciences. From 2007 to 2009, Gollhofer held the position of chairman of the

European College of Sport Science The European College of Sport Science (ECSS) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and application of multi-, and interdisciplinary science in sport, exercise, physical activity, and health. It was founded in 1995 in Nice, Franc ...

. From 2000 to 2002, Gollhofer was president of the German Society for Biomechanics. In 2013 and 2019, Gollhofer was awarded the IDA Prize of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, respectively, together with colleagues. Gollhofer's research interests include adaptation mechanisms to training in amateur and elite sport, methods for determining functional performance in sport, technique and condition diagnostics, neuromuscular performance profiles, the relationship between conditional performance and age, functional joint stability, injury prevention and orthopaedic biomechanics. Gollhofer co-authored the book "Einführung in die Sport- und Leistungsmedizin" and edited the "Handbuch Sportbiomechanik" together with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gollhofer, Albert Sports scientists Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart Academic staff of the University of Freiburg 1954 births Living people People from Fellbach