Department of Physical Education and Sport Science

Position: Special Teaching Staff
Tel/fax: +302107276044
Section:Gymnastics & Dance
E-mail:adonti[at]phed.uoa[dot]gr

Scientific discipline
Gymnastis disciplines

Office hours for students
Monday and Tuesday:11.00-12.00

Teaching
Undergraduate lessons
-Didactics and Theory of training in Artistic Gymnastics
-Didactics and Theory of Trampoline
-Didactics and Theory of training in Basic Gymnastics
-Didactics and Theory of Rhythmic Gymnastics

Research interests
-Performance in gymnastics sports
-Youth sports
-Neuromuscular and functional effects of muscular power and flexibility training on performance
-Evaluation of technical execution in ‘aesthetic sports’

 Degrees
-Bachelor of Science (B.sc), Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Science (Specialisation Diploma in Artistic Gymnastics), National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1989
-Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pedagogy (Sport Coaching), Faculty of Physical Education, Sports and Health, P.F.Lesgaft, National State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007

Selected Publications

1. Panidi, I., Donti, O., Konrad, A., Terzis, G., Gaspari, V., Donti, A., Bogdanis, G.C. (2022). Muscle architecture adaptations to static stretching training: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Sports Medicine-Open. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00591-7
2. 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
3. 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, 10151.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101514
4. 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
5. 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
6. Bogdanis, G.C., Donti, O., Papia, A., Apostolidis, A., Donti, A., & Sands, W.A. (2019).Effect of plyometric training on jumping, sprinting and change of direction abilities in child female gymnasts.Sports, 7(5), 116.  https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7050116
7. Papia, K., Bogdanis, G.C., Toubekis, A., Donti A., Donti, O. (2018). Acute effects of prolonged static stretching on jumping performance and range of motion in young female gymnasts. Science of Gymnastics, 10(2), 69-78.
8. 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/10.3390/sports7020039
9. Kritikou, M., Donti, O., Bogdanis, G.C., Donti, A., Theodorakou, K. (2017). Correlates of artistry performance score in preadolescent rhythmic gymnasts. Science of Gymnastics, 9(2), 165-177.
10. 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

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