• Research and teaching
• Research-practice transfer
• Organisation of swimming courses and examinations

Academic education
10.2022 - 08.2024 M.Sc. “Sports, Exercise & Human Performance”, University of Münster

10.2019 - 08.2022 B.Sc. “Human Movement in Sports and Exercise”, 
University of Münster

Professional career
Since 09.2024 Research assistant at the TU Dortmund University

10.2023 - 02.2024 Scientific internship at the Florida State University, USA
(Prof. Dr. Svenja Anna Wolf)

03.2021 - 03.2022 Research internship at Kingston University London, UK
(Prof. Dr. Andrea Petroczi)

04.2020 - 08.2024 Student assistant in the Department of Sport Psychology,
University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß)

• Doping, doping prevention and anti-doping work
• The physical self-concept in childhood and adolescence
• Growing up healthy in childhood
• The connection between body-image-self discrepancies and physical activity, Self-efficacy and motivation in childhood

2025

Burrmann, U., Dreiskämper, D., Göttlich, E., Henning, L., Süss, P. L., & Veltmaat, A. (2025). Partizipation und demokratische Handlungskompetenzen von Jugendlichen in Sportgruppen. sportunterricht, 74(1), 37–38.

Petróczi, A., Martinelli, L. A., Thrower, S. N., Veltmaat, A., Heyes, A., Barkoukis, V., Bondarev, D., Elbe, A.-M., Lazuras, L., Mallia, L., & Zelli, A. (2025). Elite athletes’ values in action: An important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 23(4), 588–614. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2337302

2024

Barkoukis, V., Ourda, D., Bondarev, D., Andjelkovic, M., Bochaver, K., Brueckner, S., Dikic, N., Dreiskämper, D., Kaffe, S., Mallia, L., Veltmaat, A., Zelli, A., & Petróczi, A. (2024). From thoughts to action: Athletes’ perspectives on anti-doping legitimacy, and their behavioral support for anti-doping policies. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 37(4), 446–466. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2024.2437176

Petróczi, A., Dreiskämper, D., Barkoukis, V., Bondarev, D., Brueckner, S., De Maria, A., Elbe, A.-M., Heyes, A., Lazuras, L., Veltmaat, A., & Zelli, A. (2024). Context is everything: A realist response to the commentary on epistemic racism in anti-doping research by Ruwuya et al. 2024. Performance Enhancement & Health, 13(1), 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2024.100312

2023

Veltmaat, A., Dreiskämper, D., Brueckner, S., Bondarev, D., Heyes, A., Barkoukis, V., Elbe, A.-M., Lazuras, L., De Maria, A., Zelli, A., & Petróczi, A. (2023). Context matters: Athletes’ perception of dopers’ values, actions and vulnerabilities. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, 1229679. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1229679

2022

Clancy, S., Owusu-Sekyere, F., Shelley, J., Veltmaat, A., De Maria, A., & Petróczi, A. (2022). The role of personal commitment to integrity in clean sport and anti-doping. Performance Enhancement & Health, 10(4), 100232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2022.100232