Achim Conzelmann

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Achim Conzelmann (* 1959 in Tailfingen ) is a German sports scientist .

Life

Conzelmann went to school in Tailfingen and Ebingen , and in 1979 he passed the high school diploma in Ebingen . Between 1980 and 1987 he studied sports science and mathematics at the University of Tübingen .

From 1987 to 2003 he worked at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Tübingen, where he obtained his doctorate in 1995. For his dissertation Development of Conditional Skills in Adulthood , Conzelmann was awarded the Carl Diem plaque of the German Sports Association (today: Science Prize of the German Olympic Sports Association) in 1996.

In 2000 he completed his habilitation at the University of Tübingen and received the license to teach sports science. The title of his habilitation thesis was Individual Development Trajectories in and through Sport - a contribution to the topic of 'Sport and Personality Development' . Between 2003 and 2005 he was associate professor for sports science with a focus on sports psychology and movement science at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel .

In 2005 he became a full professor for sports science at the University of Bern . From 2005 to 2015 Conzelmann was director of the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Bern. From 2013 to 2015 he was dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Bern. Conzelmann has been Vice Rector Development at the University of Bern since 2016.

From 2005 to 2009 Conzelmann was an assessor on the board of the Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany . From 2012 to 2016 Conzelmann was President of the Sports Science Society of Switzerland. In 2015 he took over the chairmanship of the board of trustees for the award of the science award of the German Olympic Sports Confederation . At the association level, Conzelmann sat on the sports science committee of the German Tennis Federation (DTB) from 1997 to 2008 , and from 1997 to 2002 he was part of the DTB teaching group.

His main research interests include the subjects of "personality development in and through sport", motor development in the lifespan, differential sports advice in adulthood, sports for the elderly, talent research, the role of sports clubs and "psychological impact analyzes in school sport". Among other things, Conzelmann used the scientific method of life course analysis. In 2001 he published the work Sport and Personality Development. Possibilities and limits of resume analysis and in the same year as co-author of the book High-performance sport - personal gain or loss? Olympian résumés. He headed several research projects on the topic of talent, including “Dynamic Talent Diagnostics in Football - A Prospective Longitudinal Study” from 2015 to 2018, from 2012 to 2014 “Talent selection in young football in the Bern region”, and between 2008 and 2012 the project “Talent promotion and talent identification in the Alpine Ski Racing ”and from 2003 to 2007“ Talent Criteria in Tennis - A Prospective Longitudinal Study ”.

Selected publications

  • A. Conzelmann: Development of conditional skills in adulthood. (= Scientific publication series of the German Sports Association. Volume 29). Hofmann, Schorndorf 1997.
  • A. Conzelmann: Sport and personal development. Possibilities and limits of resume analysis. (= Sports Science. Volume 29). Hofmann, Schorndorf 2001.
  • A. Conzelmann, H. Gabler, S. Nagel: High-performance sport - personal gain or loss? Olympian résumés. Attempto, Tübingen 2001.
  • J. Baur, K. Bös, A. Conzelmann, R. Singer (Eds.): Handbook Motor Development. 2., completely revised Edition. Hofmann, Schorndorf 2009.
  • A. Conzelmann: Differential Sport Psychology - Sport and Personality. In: W. Schlicht, B. Strauss (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia of Psychology: Subject area D Practice areas, Series V Sports psychology. Volume 1 Fundamentals of Sport Psychology. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2009, pp. 375-439.
  • A. Conzelmann, M. Schmidt, S. Valkanover: Personality development through school sport. Theory, empiricism and practical components of the Bern Intervention Study on School Sports (BISS). Huber, Bern 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Institute for Sports Science: Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Achim Conzelmann (as of February 2018). (PDF) February 1, 2018, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ DOSB: DOSB Science Prize. (PDF) DOSB, accessed on March 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Institute for Sports Science: Publications Prof. Dr. Achim Conzelmann (as of February 2018). (PDF) February 1, 2018, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  4. ^ History of the Institute Part VII: 1992 to today. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  5. ^ Institute for Sports Science: Bern Sports Science 2005–2015. (PDF) September 1, 2015, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Two new Vice Rectors for the University of Bern. In: Berner Zeitung. January 28, 2016, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ asp-sportpsychologie.org
personal data
SURNAME Conzelmann, Achim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Tailfingen