Elisavet Velentza

Full CV / Resume

A former professional athlete with over 10 years’ experience in athletics coaching now recognized as sport scientist. Goal-oriented and motivating sport scientist.

Would love to help children around the world to change their lives through sport.

Nowdays I am looking to live in the nature and finally to create a quieter and  more peaceful life. I put my CV here just to understand that I am a capable and inligent person.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CEO & Founder                                                                                                           Sep, 2019

“TalentID DiscoverYourBest”                                                                                      Athens, Greece

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• Talent Orientation for children 6+


• Talent Identification and Development                                                   

Orientating athletes’ talent by assessing anthropometrical, physical and psychological characteristics. The athlete is orientated to a group of sports, where his/her personal talent matches sports demands. 

Secondly, we identify talented athletes for a specific sport.

Finally, with my multidisciplinary team of strength and conditioning trainer, exercise physiologist, sport psychologist, sport nutritionist, biochemist, and the sport scientist, we collaborate to create an individualized program for each athlete through constant evaluation, reprogramming and multidisciplinary approach and cooperation.

Head Coach – Track and Field                                                                        Sep 2022- till present

OFKA Peristeriou - Athens

• Be responsible for and mentor Sport Club’s developmental coaches


• Structuring a long-term developmental program for Sport Club’s coaches and athletes


• Coaching young athletes

Lecturer in Sport Science                                                                                  Sep 2022- till present

Aegean College                                                                                                   Athens, Greece 

Lecturing Bachelor students on their first, second and third year, the following subjects:

• Sport Psychology


• Sport Physiology


• Applied Sport Psychology

Lecturer in Sport Science                                                                                  Sep 2020 - till present

Mediterranean College                                                                                                    Athens, Greece 

Lecturing Bachelor students on their first year, the following subjects:

• Sport Psychology


• Sport Coaching


• Academic Skills


• Communication skills

Lecturer in Sport Science                                                                                May 2018 - till present

General Secretary of Sport in Greece                                                                              Athens, Greece Lecturing Trainers at the Sport Coaching Academy in Chess and in Gymnastics.  The subjects as follows:

• Training Science


• Sport Psychology


• Sport Pedagogy


• Sport Sociology

Physical Education Teacher- State School                                                         Sep 2020 - June 2022

• Teaching Physical Education in children aged 6 till 12 years old                                      Athens, Greece

Sport Scientist                                                                                                 Feb 2020 - June 2020

“Αναγέννηση και Πρόοδος” Regeneration and Progress, member at the Department “Sport Excellence” sponsored by Stavros Niarxos Foundation cooperated with the Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Anthropometrical and physical evaluation of athletes and children regarding strength, speed, power, flexibility 


• Scientific writing


• Lectures in coaches cooperated with Greek Sport Federations

Lecturer in Sport Science                                                                                  Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

AMC, Metropolitan College                                                                                            Athens, Greece 

Lecturing Bachelor students on their second and graduation year, the following subjects:

• Disability, Sport and Physical Education


• Training programs for Sport and Exercise, 


• Human Performance


• Sports Coaching Practice and Expertise Development, [Track and Field]

Track and Field Coach (Level 2), Sprint and Hurdles                                April 2017 - January 2018

Liverpool Harries & Athletic Club                                                                                    Liverpool, UK        

Planned individual and team strength and conditioning training. Athletes achieved places in their category between 4th and 10thplace. Delivered in accordance with UK Strength and Conditioning association procedures in conjunction with my own philosophy, experience and studies.

Rehabilitation Program Coordinator                                                                       Nov 2016 - Mar 2017                        

Thiseas Sport Rehabilitation Centre                                                                                        Athens, Greece

Worked in conjunction with cardiologists to prescribe training programs tailored to the performance needs of the recreational and professional athletes through physiological assessment. Evaluated the musculoskeletal system via Biodex System Pro 4 Isokinetic testing and training (Damplaid). Assessed a person's overall health, with special attention to cardiovascular function and metabolism.

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Tutor in Sport Science                                                                                           Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

University of Chester                                                                                                        Chester, UK Teaching Bachelor Students on their first, second and third year in the following subjects:

• “Introduction to Biomechanics and Kinesiology”


• “Biomechanics and Notational Analysis in Sport”


• “Applied Sport Biomechanics”

Performance Development Coach in Track and Field                                               Oct 2009-Jul 2011

LAZ SPORTS CLUB                                                                                                  Leipzig, Germany

Identified physical characteristics to help predict future elite track and field athletes. Measured anthropometrical and physical characteristics of young athletes (9-13 years old).

EDUCATION

PhD candidate in Sport Science                                                                                               2021

Kapodistrian University of Athens

Title thesis: “The effect of relative age effect, biological maturation, chronological age, training age sport specialization and environmental factors on athletic development and performance on athletes aged 6-16years old from different individual and team sports” 

MPhil in Sport Science                                                                                                            2017

University of Chester                                                                                                          Chester, UK

Gladstone Fellowship Fully Funded MPhil/PhD (Oct 2012 - Feb 2016)

Co-Funded by the University of Chester and England Rugby Football Union. Title thesis: “A retrospective analysis of talent selection and promotion within England’s Rugby Football Union Elite Player Performance Pathway”.

• Recipient of Gladstone Fellowship Scholarship

Master of Science: European Master in Exercise and Sports Psychology                                   2011

University of Leipzig                                                                                                  Leipzig, Germany

Dissertation Title

Recognising the relationship between motor abilities and the psychological abilities of children from the ages 10 to14 years of age.

·   Recipient of Erasmus Scholarship

Master of Science: MSc in Sports Science, Training Diagnosis and Intervention                      2011

University of Leipzig                                                                                                 Leipzig, Germany

Dissertation Title

The impact of jumping and aerobic exhaustion training, on elementary and acyclic speed performance. Presented by example of electromyography.

Master of Science: MSc in Sport Science, Prevention and Rehabilitation                                  2009

Technical University of Munich [TUM]                                                                     Munich, Germany

Dissertation Title

Exercise and its effects on the rehabilitation of patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive disease.

• Recipient of Goethe Institute Scholarship

Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science:

a. Coaching Science for Adapted Motor Education and b. Tennis                                               2007

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens                                                             Athens, Greece

Diploma thesis 2008: Aerobic and Anaerobic capacity athletes with spinal cord injury, and comparison of the aerobic and anaerobic capacity between Basketball-, Tennis- and Track and field- Spinal - cord athletes.

• Recipient of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation [IKY] Scholarship 

CERTIFICATIONS

 Basic Life Support [BLS] Provider                                                  Valid 11/02/2017 until 11/02/2020

European Resuscitation Council

VOLUNTEERING WORK

Head of Track and Field in Underprivileged Children                                            Jul 2014-Jan 2015

Pro Sports Development                                                                                                     Orissa, India        

Responsible for the development and implementation of the athletics program for the organisation. Supported the recruitment and development of coaches across the coaching structure.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Selected as a member of the Greek National Team in Athletics for the Olympic Games 2004 (Retired due to injury prior to Olympic Games).