Silvana Bucher Sandbakk

Silvana Bucher Sandbakk is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Agder. Her research focuses on endurance training, athlete performance monitoring, and the physiological effects of physical activity in aging populations.

• Research Interests include endurance sports physiology, biomechanics of cross-country skiing, cardiovascular health, and gender equity in sports academia.
• Publications span 2012–2025, with 15 recent works addressing training methodologies, athlete underperformance, cardiac rehabilitation, and gender disparities in sports science.
• Collaborations with Norwegian elite coaches and researchers like Øyvind Sandbakk and Espen Tønnessen.
• Media Contributions in Dagbladet, Aftenposten, and NRK television on topics like aging and exercise.