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Meet the Expert: Professor Athanassios Bissas
Professor Athanassios Bissas
‘Nassos’ is a world-leading expert in the biomechanics of athletics who has conducted analysis on some of the world’s greatest athletes such as Usain Bolt and Mo Farah.
Professor Bissas is a Professor of Sport and Exercise Technologies at UoG. He is an internationally respected expert in biomechanics, focusing mainly on the biomechanics of competitive gait.
With 28 years of research experience, he has made a major impact on sports science, rehabilitation, and motion analysis technologies and is still shaping the field today.
Olympic obsession
Born in the Ilia region on the western coast of Southern Greece, Nassos grew up surrounded by the rich history of the ancient Olympics.
As a child and teenager, one of his favourite excursions was to the archaeological site of Olympia, where he made his first connection with athletics and running.
He achieved podium positions at national competitions and he was one of the fastest of his generation in Greece with sub-11 seconds and sub-7 seconds personal bests for 100 m and 60m respectively.
Internationally respected
Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in the biomechanics of athletics, Nassos’ research interests lie in the area of biomechanics of locomotion with a focus on sprint running, neuromuscular adaptions and technologies of motion analysis.
His research leadership and supervision have included cycling, jumping, postural control-balance and resistance training.
An internationally respected scholar in his field, Athanassios has produced over 200 research items with his research team.
3D analysis of sprint starts
One of his best achievements in his research career was leading two of the largest biomechanics research projects ever conducted for the London 2017 and Birmingham 2018 World Athletics Championships.
With a team of 40 staff members and state-of-the-art motion capture technology, his research gave extraordinary insight into elite athletic performance.
His team was the first to conduct a 3D analysis of sprint starts, capturing data from some of the world’s greatest athletes such as Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Mondo Duplantis.
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