Profile

Professional career

• since 03/2008
  Senior Research Fellow | University Leipzig | Faculty of Sport ScienceInstitute of Movement and Trainings Science in Sport II | Head of the Department of Track and Field
• 09/2001 - 02/2008
  Research Fellow | Technical University Munich | Faculty of Sport Science | Department of Theory and Practice in Sports
• 09/1996 - 08/2001
  Scientific Assistant & Research Fellow |German Sport University Cologne | Institute of Training and Movement Science

Education

• 09/2001 - 02/2008
  Technical University Munich | Faculty of Sport Science | Department of Theory and Practice in Sports | Ph D and Post Doc phase
• 09/1996 - 08/2001
  German Sport University Cologne | Institute of Training and Movement Science | Ph D phase
• 10/1989 - 02/1995
  German Sport University Cologne | Diploma study in sports science | Focus on coaching profile and athletics
• 10/1989 - 09/1999
  University of Cologne | Studies in geography and biology

Panel Memberships

• 10/2021 - 03/2024
  Chairwoman Examination Board | Faculty of Sport Science
• since 10/2019
  Faculty Council Member | Faculty of Sport Science | Academic staff
• since 04/2017
  Examination Board Member | Faculty of Sport Science
• 10/2010 - 09/2013
  Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer | Faculty of Sport Science

Research priorities:

• Performance diagnostics and management
• Training und competition data documentation systems
• Exercise physiology | spiroergometry
• Metabolism and adaptation processes; load and regeneration, the phenomenon of overload and "overtraining"
• Biomechanical-exercise scientific diagnostics and analyses in athletics

• Profiling of the take-off jumping behavior during athletics jumps as a performance diagnostic tool

  Hartmann, Ulrich

  Duration: 06/2016 – 05/2017

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Leichtathletik
  show details
• Physical requirement profile for soccer referees of amateur status by selected parameters

  Hartmann, Ulrich

  Duration: 04/2017 – ongoing

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaften der Sportarten II
  show details
• Longitudinal investigation of physical performance of rowing masters in different stages of life

  Hartmann, Ulrich

  Duration: 01/2007 – ongoing

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaften der Sportarten II
  show details
• Nutrition and Athletic Performance in Ancient Greece

  Dietrich, Sebastian

  Duration: 09/2021 – 09/2022

  Funded by: Stiftungen Inland

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II
  show details
• HorseWatch - Investigating the early use of horses and possible measures to avoid overuse or overload

  Hartmann, Ulrich

  Duration: 04/2022 – 03/2027

  Funded by: andere Bundesministerien

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II
  show details

more projects

• Fritz, T. H.; Hardikar, S. V.; Demoucron, M.; Niessen, M.; Demey, M.; Giot, O.; Li, Y.; Haynes, J.-D.; Villringer, A.; Leman, M.

  Musical Agency Reduces Perceived Exertion During Strenuous Physical Performance

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2013. pp. 17784–17789.

  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217252110
  show details
• Hartmann, U.; Niessen, M.

  Performance Diagnosis And Training Monitoring Of Human Athletes In Track & Field Running Disciplines

  Applied equine nutrition and training. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2011. pp. 113–133.

  DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-740-0_8
  show details
• Niessen, M.; Hartmann, U.; Beneke, R.

  Estimation of Maximum Glycolytic Rate from Capillary Blood at Running Sprints of Different Durations: 2827 Board #142 May 29, 2: 00 PM - 3: 30 PM

  Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2015. 47 (S5). pp. 769–769.

  DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000478836.88998.64
  show details
• Dietrich, S.; Niessen, M.; Hartmann, U.

  Sport und Ernährung in der Antike: Magie, Doping und Süßigkeiten

  Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge . 2023. 64 (1). pp. 90–102.
  show details
• Niessen, M.; Rost, M.; Hartmann, U.

  Performance profiles & peak age of adolescent triple jump contestants at Youth Olympic Games

  In: Guilhem, G.; Rabita, G.; Brocherie, F.; Tsolakidis, E.; Ferrauti, A.; Helge, J. W.; Piacentini, M. F. (Eds.)

  Proceedings of the 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science . Paris: 2023. p. 1232.

  ISBN: 978-3-9818414-6-6
  show details

more publications

• Invited lectures: Athletic Peak Performance in selected Track and Field Disciplines – Development, Tendency and Consequences for a Sustainable Success

  Niessen, Margot (Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II)

  awarded in 2018 by 16th International Sports Sciences Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
  show details

more awards

• Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II

  Performance data analyses

  Start Date of Collaboration: 02/01/2015

  External participating organisations: International Association of Athletics Federations (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

  Involved persons: Hartmann, Ulrich; Niessen, Margot; Lange, Günter
  show details

more cooperations

• Sportveranstaltung

  RUNiversität (Laufevent) & DOSB Sportabzeichen Uni Challenge (deutschlandweites Sportevent)

  Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Institutsübergreifende Einrichtungen/Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Leichtathletik; Zentrum für Hochschulsport (ZfH)

  Event Organiser: Tzschoppe, Petra; Niessen, Margot; Gustedt, Christian; Müller, Thomas; Moroni, Jenny

  18/06/2019
  show details
• Sportveranstaltung

  RUNiversität (Laufevent) & DOSB Sportabzeichen Uni Challenge (deutschlandweites Sportevent)

  Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Institutsübergreifende Einrichtungen/Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Leichtathletik; Zentrum für Hochschulsport (ZfH)

  Event Organiser: Tzschoppe, Petra; Niessen, Margot; Gustedt, Christian; Müller, Thomas; Moroni, Jenny

  26/06/2018
  show details
• Sportveranstaltung

  RUNiversität (Laufevent)

  Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Institutsübergreifende Einrichtungen/Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Leichtathletik

  Event Organiser: Niessen, Margot; Tzschoppe, Petra; Kühnast, Jens

  28/06/2017
  show details
• Sportveranstaltung

  RUNiversität (Laufevent)

  Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Institutsübergreifende Einrichtungen/Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Leichtathletik

  Event Organiser: Niessen, Margot; Kühnast, Jens; Tzschoppe, Petra

  29/06/2016
  show details
• Sportveranstaltung

  RUNiversität (Laufevent)

  Institut für Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft der Sportarten II; Institutsübergreifende Einrichtungen/Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Leichtathletik

  Event Organiser: Niessen, Margot; Kühnast, Jens; Tzschoppe, Petra

  01/07/2015
  show details

more events