Erika Zemková, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Sports Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Comenius University in Bratislava. She completed her Master's degree in professional coaching in 1994, and doctoral degree in sports kinanthropology in 1999. In 2004, the Slovak Academy of Sciences awarded her the Scientific Qualification Degree IIa—Independent Scientist. In 2007, she became associate professor and in 2013 full professor of Sports Kinanthropology. In 2008, she graduated from the Institute of International Relations and Law Approximation, Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava. She has received fellowships for conducting research at foreign universities, including the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award (2009), the Fulbright Award (2005–2006), the Aktion Österreich–Slowakei Stipendium (2005), the NATO Expert Visit Award (2005), and a CIMO Fellowship (2003). She has also received a fellowship for teaching activities through the Erasmus Program and bilateral agreements between Universities (2004–2013). She was chosen by the Coventry University Research Committee to be a visiting professor in physical education and sport at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University (2012–2015). Her scientific and academic work was noted for merit by her home Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in 2011, 2012, and 2019, and also by Comenius University in Bratislava in 2018.