Position: Assistant Professor
Tel/fax: +30 210 727 6080
Section: Team Sports
E-mail: meletak[at]phed.uoa[dot]gr
Scientific discipline
Handball
Teaching
- Didactics and Training Principles in Handball
- Advanced Coaching in Handball
- Special Issues in Hanball
- Directed Study in Handall
- Team Tactics in Handball
Research interests
- Team handball performance analysis
- Competitive balance
- Handball coaching
Degrees
- Bachelor of Science, (BS) in Physical Education and Sport Science, (Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest) 1990.
- Master of Science (MSc) in Physical Education and Sport, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2009.
- PhD in Physical Education and sport, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2015.
Indicative Publications
- Meletakos, P., Noutsos, K., Paulo, A., Papavasileiou, A., & Drikos, S. (2025). Identifying performance indicators for success in the European men's handball championships. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 25(2), 329-337.
- Noutsos, K. S., Meletakos, P. G., Kepesidou, M., & Bogdanis, G. C. (2024). Equal Effects of Low-and Moderate-Volume Supplementary Plyometric Training on Sprint, Change of Direction Ability, and Lower-Limb Power in Preadolescent Female Handball Players. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 9(4), 204.
- Meletakos, P., Manasis, V., Noutsos, K., & Bayios, I. (2024). Performance differences and determinants of success in world men's handball championships. Motriz Revista De Educação Física, 30, e10240068-e10240068.
- Meletakos, P., Noutsos, K., Bartha, A. I., & Bayios, I. (2021). The height importance of male athletes for the classification in the world handball championships. Motriz: Revista de Educação Física, 27, e10210002621
- Noutsos, S. K., Meletakos, P., Athanasiou, P., Tavlaridis, A., & Bayios, I. (2021). Effect of plyometric training on performance parameters in young handball players. Gazzetta Medica Italiana, 180(10), 568-574.
- Meletakos, P., Chatzicharistos, D., Apostolidis, N., Manasis, V., & Bayios, I. (2016). Foreign players and competitive balance in Greek basketball and handball championships. Sport Management Review, 19(4), 391-401.
- Meletakos, P., Noutsos, K., Manasis, V., & Bayios, I. (2014). The mediating effect of competitive balance on the relation between foreign players and performance of the Greek National Basketball Team. Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management, 5(7), 72-80.
- Meletakos, P., Bayios, I., Hatziharistos, D., & Psychountaki, M. (2013). Effects of athletic and coaching experience on coaching efficacy in team sports. Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche, 172(6), 457-464.
- Meletakos, P., Vagenas, G., & Bayios, I. (2011). A multivariate assessment of offensive performance indicators in Men’s Handball: Trends and differences in the World Championships. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 11(2), 284-294.
- Meletakos, P., & Bayios, I. (2010). General trends in European men’s handball: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 10(3), 221-228.