ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Olivier Girard
Dr Olivier Girard is an Associate Professor in Human Performance and Research Director of the Sport Science, Exercise and Health Department at the University of Western Australia.
He spent 20 years in the field of exercise physiology and biomechanics on developing and facilitating performance outcome-based solutions for elite athletes (mainly team/racket sports), coaches and their support team. In Perth, Dr Girard leads an environmental physiology special interest group.
Olivier completed his Doctoral Degree (2006) in Human Movement Sciences at the University of Montpellier in France. For 8 years he worked as Research Scientist at Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, a FIFA and IOC accredited medical center. He was employed at Lausanne University, Switzerland and at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
Olivier has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 25 book chapters and has presented his work on more than 180 national/international conferences.
From the field …
… To the lab
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… and back again !