Dr. Amelie Heinrich wins "dvs dissertation award"

1st prize in the dissertation competition of the German Society of Sport Science (dvs)

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Congratulations to Dr. Amelie Heinrich for winning the "dvs dissertation award" (sponsored by the Hoffman-Verlag). Amelie Heinrich finsihed her PhD research on "Elite Biathlon – An Interdisciplinary Approch to Unravel the Intricate Links Between Biological, Psychological and Social Factors Determining Biathlon Performance" at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Amelie ran much of her PhD research in the Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport as she was jointly supervised by Prof. Oliver Stoll (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg) and Prof. Rouwen Cañal Bruland (FSU Jena).

Amelie's dissertation included the following published papers: 

  • Heinrich, A., Hansen, D. W., Stoll, O. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2020). The impact of physiological fatigue and gaze behavior on shooting performance in expert biathletes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23, 883-890.
  • Heinrich, A., Stoll, O. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2021). A biopsychosocial framework to guide interdisciplinary research on biathlon performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:671901.
  • Heinrich, A., Müller, F., Stoll, O. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2021). Selection bias in social facilitation theory? Audience effects on elite biathletes’ performance are gender-specific. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 55, 101943.
  • Heinrich, A., Köhler, H., Müller, F., Stoll, O. & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2022). The impact of co-acting competitors on shooting performance in elite biathletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40, 2028-2036.

We are proud of Amelie's achievements and congratulate her to the very well deserved award!  

More information (in German) can be found on the webpage of the dvs: https://www.sportwissenschaft.de/dvs/news/amelie-heinrich-gewinnt-dvs-promotionspreises-gefoerdert-vom-hofmann-verlag/External link.