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Zoom Meeting June 21, 2022 (from 12:00 CET)

12:00 Welcome

Prof. Alejandro Leiva-Arcas, PhD – Deputy Director of the Faculty of Sport at UCAM; Member of the Erasmus+ Para-limits project.

12:10 The Danish Paralympic structure and my personal Dual Career strategy on the way to the medals

Prof. Lisa Gjessing is a Danish Paralympic gold medalist in taekwondo in Tokyo 2020, four-time world champion and three-time European champion, and one of the flag bearers for Denmark during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She graduated in law and works as a prosecutor for the Danish police.

12:30 My dual career experience as a student and worker

Federico Mancarella is an Italian Flatwater Sprint Paracanoe Kayaker, bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020, World and European medalist. He graduated in Business and worked for international bank companies till he quit his job to prepare for the Paralympic Games.

12:50 General discussions

13:00 Concluding Remarks and announcement of the next EAS Annual Conference (September 28-30, Cartagena, Spain)