Dr. Tania Álvarez-Yates is a professor at the Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences from the University of Vigo. She is a member of the Sports Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness Lab at Pontevedra Campus. Her expertise lies in sport science and exercise performance, with a special focus on flatwater canoeing, in which she is a multiple international medalist. Dr Álvarez-Yates has also collaborated with researchers working in a variety of sport-science disciplines.