27 August 16:00-19:00 (BST) Para and Adaptive Sports Medicine Free Webinar

Anja Hirschmüller

Anja Hirschmüller is Professor in Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatologie at the University of Freiburg, Germany and works as Chief Physician at the ALTIUS Swiss Sportmed Center Rheinfelden, Switzerland. She has been taking care of Para Athletes with the National Paracycling Team Germany since 2006 and was Member of the German Delegation at the Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Pyeong Chang 2018 and Tokio 2020one, serving as Chief Medical Officer Germany since 2016. She was awarded Best Games Official in 2021 and joined the IPC Medical Commitee as Games Times Member for the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022. Professor Hirschmüller´s research also focusses on Para Sports. She was the first to implement a weekly injury and illness surveillance program in Para Athletes and established a longitudinal mental health monitoring for German Para athletes. Beside Para Sports, her clinical and scientific focus is on muscle and tendon injuries and musculoskeletal ultrasound.