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Born in Coimbra, after finishing secondary school at Escola Secundária Quinta das Flores (Coimbra) moved to the University of Coimbra where attained the degree of Graduate in Sports Science (2004-2008) with the dissertation, "Comparison of the anaerobic threshold at 4 mmol.l-1 in Kayak and Kayak-ergometer". Later obtained the Master degree in Sports Science – Master Course in Youth Sports Training by the University of Coimbra (2011-2013) with the dissertation, “Analysis of the relationships between the anthropometric characteristics of young kayakers, the paddle set-up, and the performance”. From 2017 to 2023 he was a PhD student in Sports Science in the field of Sports Training, having presented the thesis "Sports Specialization in Young Male Kayakers: Studiyng the Young Athlete, Sports Selection Process, Performance and Equipment Set-up.". From 2008 to 2013, worked as sports technician in several sports clubs and entities. Since then, he has been involved with Canoe Sprint as a collaborator of the Portuguese Canoe Federation (2014-...). Also, as a canoe sprint coach in Clube Fluvial de Coimbra (2015-2019), and Associação Académica de Coimbra (2017-2024). Currently, he is an invited assistant professor at the University of Coimbra (2017-…), and a canoe sprint Coach at the Portuguese Canoe Federation (2022-…).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RUI ANTÓNIO DE ALMEIDA DUARTE FERNANDES

Citation names

  • Fernandes, Rui António
  • Fernandes, RA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5D15-BCA4-F718
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5355-1944
Researcher Id
ABC-8421-2021

Email addresses

  • rui.fernandes@uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 912603429 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Sport and Fitness Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01/18
Concluded
 Sport Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Sports Training
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
 Approved with praise and distinction
2022/12/27
Concluded
 Treinador de Desporto Grau III - Título Profissional n.º 170395 (Outros)
Major in Canoagem
Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude IP, Portugal
2013
Concluded
 Sports Training for Children and Youth (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
"Analysis of the relationships between the anthropometric characteristics of young kayakers, the paddle set-up and the performance." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008
Concluded
 Sport Sciences (Licenciatura)
Major in Sports Training
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
"Comparação do LA a 4 mmol.l -1 no Kayak e Kayak-ergómetro." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/01 - Current Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Canoe Sprint Coach Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem, Portugal
Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2024/09/30 Canoe Sprint Coach Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2022/09/20 Coach of the National University Canoeing Team Federação Académica do Desporto Universitário, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Canoe Sprint Coach Clube Fluvial de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2018/08/14 Coach of the National University Canoeing Team Federação Académica do Desporto Universitário, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Sports Technician Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Sports Technician Clube Infante de Montemor, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fernandes, Rui Antonio; Gomes, Beatriz Branquinho; Rebelo-Goncalves, Ricardo; Duarte, João Pedro; Pereira, J. R.; Santos, Amândio Manuel Cupido dos. "The anthropometric characteristics of young paddlers and its relationship with paddle set-up and performance". In Children and Exercise XXVIII: The Proceedings of the 28th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting., 269-272. Routledge, 2013.
    Published
  2. Rebelo-Goncalves, Ricardo; Figueiredo, António J.; Duarte, João Pedro; Pereira, J. R.; Fernandes, Rui António; Simões, Filipe; Severino, Vítor; et al. "Anaerobic peak outputs obtained from standardized and estimated optimal load in soccer goalkeepers". In Children and Exercise XXVIII: The proceedings of the 28th Peadiatric Work Physiology Meeting, 277-281. Routledge, 2013.
    Published
  3. Duarte, João Pedro Marques; Severino, Vítor; Pereira, João Rafael; Fernandes, Rui António; Simões, Filipe; Rebelo-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Valente-dos-Santos, João; et al. "Reproducibility of repeated dribbling ability". In Children and Exercise XXVIII: The proceedings of the 28th Peadiatric Work Physiology Meeting, ed. Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva, Amândio Cupido-dos-Santos, António J. Figueiredo, José P. Ferreira and Neil Armstrong, 287-291. Oxon, UK, Portugal: Routledge, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes, Rui António; Gomes, Beatriz Branquinho; Rebelo-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Duarte, João Pedro Marques; Pereira, João Rafael; Cupido-dos-Santos, Amândio. "The anthropometric characteristics of young paddlers and its relationship with the performance in the 1000 meters race". Paper presented in 18th Annual conference of the european college of sports science, 2013.
  2. Rebelo-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Figueiredo, António J; Coelho-e-Silva, Manuel João; Fernandes, Rui António; Valente-dos-Santos, João; Duarte, João Pedro Marques; Simões, Filipe; Severino, Vítor; Tessitore, A. "Assessment of a complex diving task of youth soccer goalkeepers - reproducibility of two new tests". Paper presented in 18th Annual conference of the european college of sports science, 2013.
  3. Rebelo-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Coelho-e-Silva, Manuel João; Valente-dos-Santos, João; Severino, Vítor; Duarte, João Pedro Marques; Fernandes, Rui António; Tessitore, A; Figueiredo, António J. "Composite scores of functional and soccer specific skills in goalkeepers; variation by age and competitive level". Paper presented in 17th Annual conference of the european college of sports science, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Beatriz B. Gomes; Ricardo Cardoso; Rui A. Fernandes; Rui A. Ferreira. "Impact of Neuromuscular Fatigue on Dynamic Knee Valgus in Female Basketball Players". Life (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/life15050816.
    10.3390/life15050816
  2. Rui António Fernandes; Beatriz Branquinho Gomes; Fernando Alacid. "Maturity Status, Relative Age and Constituent Year Effects in Young Iberian Kayakers". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010560.
    10.3390/app13010560
  3. Fernandes, Rui António; Alacid, Fernando; Gomes, André Branquinho; Gomes, Beatriz Branquinho. "Validation of a global positioning system with accelerometer for canoe/kayak sprint kinematic analysis". Sports Biomechanics (2021): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2021.2005128.
    10.1080/14763141.2021.2005128
  4. Rui António Fernandes; Daniel López-Plaza; Lorena Correas-Gómez; Beatriz Branquinho Gomes; Fernando Alacid. "The Importance of Biological Maturation and Years of Practice in Kayaking Performance". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 16 (2021): 8322-8322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168322.
    10.3390/ijerph18168322
  5. Duarte, João P.; Severino, Vítor; Pereira, João R.; Fernandes, Rui; Simões, Filipe; Rebelo-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Valente-dos-Santos, João; et al. "Reproducibility of repeat dribbling ability". Annals of Research in Sport and Physical Activity 4 (2013): 52-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2182-7087_4_4.
    10.14195/2182-7087_4_4
  6. Gonçalves, Ricardo R.; Figueiredo, António; Fernandes, Rui; Simões, Filipe; Silva, Manuel Coelho e; Tessitore, Antonio. "Diving technique in young soccer goalkeepers: reproducibility of two new tests". Annals of Research in Sport and Physical Activity 4 (2013): 64-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2182-7087_4_7.
    10.14195/2182-7087_4_7
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fernandes, Rui António de Almeida Duarte. "Analysis of the relationship between the anthropometric characteristics of young kayakers, the paddle set-up and the performance". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25079.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/01/27 Desempenho de jovens kayakistas ibéricos: Da antropometria à frequência de pagaiada XIX Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/10/29 Relative Age Effect: Características de Jovens Kayakistas Ibéricos por Trimestre e Ano de Nascimento VIII CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENADORES DE PIRAGÜISMO
Real Federación Española de Piragüismo (RFEP) e Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte (Universidad de Vigo) (Pontevedra, Spain)
2022/10/21 A importância da antropometria em jovens kayakistas. Do desempenho à configuração do equipamento. I Congreso Iberoamericano de Antropometría Aplicada
Red Iberoamericana de Investigadores en Antropometría Aplicada and Universidad de Almería
2022/07/14 Agreement between anthropometric and ultrasound-based methods in the estimation of biological maturation in young male athletes. XVII WORLD CONFERENCE ON KINANTHROPOMETRY
University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
2020/03/07 Classificações adicionais aos resultados da competição, com base na maturação biológica: Resultados 2019 Fórum de Treinadores de Canoagem 2020
Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal)
2018/12/15 Avaliação de jovens kayakistas masculinos: Aptidão física e seleção de equipamento. I Encontro de Treinadores de Canoagem
Associação de Canoagem do Norte de Portugal (Esposende, Portugal)
2018/10/27 PREDICTING THE EQUIPMENT SET-UP BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRY, EQUIPMENT, PHYSICAL FITNESS, PERFORMANCE, AND MATURATION. VII International Congress of Sprint Canoeing
Real Federación Española de Piragüismo (RFEP) and Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte (Universidad de Vigo) (Catoira, Spain)
2018/03/10 ESPECIALIZAÇÃO DESPORTIVA EM JOVENS KAYAKISTAS MASCULINOS: Estudando o jovem atleta, o processo de seleção, o desempenho e a configuração do equipamento. Fórum de Treinadores de Canoagem 2018
Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal)
2017/03/04 Análise das relações entre as características antropométricas dos jovens praticantes de kayak, a configuração da pagaia e o desempenho. Fórum de Treinadores de Canoagem 2017
Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física da Universidade de Coimbra (Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - 2018 Estratégia de prova em canoagem de velocidade e impacto no desempenho : estudo de variáveis cinemáticas
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Desporto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Coach of the Year
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 Best Poster 2º Place (VIII International Congress of Coaches of Sprint Canoeing 2022)
2018 Best Poster 2º Place (VII International Congress of Coaches of Sprint Canoeing 2018)
2018 Team of the Year - University Sports