Associate Professor at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/Exercise and Sport Scientist

Athens
Joined June 2014
Simulated Short-haul travel, whether 4 or 2 hours, negatively affects football-specific performance. Sleep deprivation and hypoxic exposure as underlying factors
Effects of Simulated Short‐Haul Flights on Sport‐Specific Performance, Sleep, and Psychophysiological Responses in Football Players - Stergiopoulos - 2025 - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Effects of Simulated Short‐Haul Flights on Sport‐Specific Performance, Sleep, and Psychophysiological Responses in Football Players - Stergiopoulos - 2025 - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Do you care about athletes, sleep health and performance. Our new editorial may help! Athletes and Sleep Issues: New Insights Into Translating Laboratory Findings in a Real-World Setting - Petros G. Botonis, Maria Grammenou, Argyris G. Toubekis, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
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A short-term, abrupt reduction of workloads due to training cessation following a congested period of training and competition restores recovery and helps elite water polo players to improve swimming performance. ow.ly/UHte50UPSF1 #WaterPolo #Swimming @pboton1
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Big day! Got the early galleys for my new book, which comes out on March 25, 2025. It's called The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map. Find out more and (please!) pre-order here: alexhutchinson.net/
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Την ερχόμενη Τρίτη 2 Ιουλίου 2024 στις 12:00 στο ΤΕΦΑΑ Σερρών ο Παναγιώτης Χατζηνικολάου υποστηρίζει τη διδακτορική του διατριβή με θέμα: «Οι οξειδοαναγωγικές επιδράσεις της άσκησης στην κόπωση: μια ποσοτική προσέγγιση»
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Nice team-work! Our new article related to sleep and recovery in water polo has been just published in IJSPP. Midday naps predict likely less nocturnal sleep time. Next-day subjective recovery is predicted by the total sleep time. Women exhibit higher sleep quality than men.
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Our new paper just published on line. Sports Health Journal!
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Trayectorias que transforman, una charla con Petros Botonis: «Muchos entrenadores parecen ignorar la información científica que puede derivarse de un estudio» @waterpolistacom waterpolista.com/trayectoria…
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Short sleep deprivation and thermoregulatory function during thermal challenges. Exp Physiol
Good news! My article received enough downloads to be a #topdownloadedarticle in its journal.
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Good news! My article received enough downloads to be a #topdownloadedarticle in its journal.
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Published: Intensified Olympic Preparation: Sleep and Training-Related Hormonal and Immune Responses in Water Polo by @pboton1, Argyris G. Toubekis journals.humankinetics.com/v…
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Intensified Olympic Preparation: Sleep and Training-Related Hormonal and Immune Responses in Water Polo journals.humankinetics.com/v…
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So glad to see our new paper published in IJSPP. The first study investigated the sleeping and hormonal responses of elite (silver medalists) players during preparation for Tοκyo Olympics.
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