Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis

Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences of the University of Thessaly. He received his first degree in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Democritus University of Thrace and an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Exeter. Supported by a scholarship for doctoral studies by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation he completed his PhD at Loughborough University. He was awarded FEPSAC’s Young Investigator’s Award in the 1999 congress. In 2003 Antonis was appointed Lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Thessaly and became Assistant Professor in 2008. His research involves issues within the sport psychology field with particular interest in cognitive processes. More specifically, his research mainly focuses on anxiety, coping and self-talk. He is currently secretary general of the Managing Council of the Hellenic Society of Sport Psychology.