20TH ENYSSP
Conference

Xavier Sanchez, originally from Barcelona (Spain), has three decades of experience across different countries in Europe (France, Sweden, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, and Spain). Today, Xavier is Professor of Sport Psychology at Université d'Orléans (France). Amongst other, Xavier is Doctor (PhD) in Psychological Sciences by Université catholique de Louvain, à Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); both Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) by British Psychological Society; and possesses a post-graduate Teaching and Learning Degree in Higher Education by University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Xavier has been always actively involved with governing bodies: he was a founding member of the Belgian French-speaking Society of Sport Psychology (SBFPS); the first President of the European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP); regular member (4 years), General Secretary (4 years), and Vice-President (4 years) of the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC); Treasurer at International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA); and today is Vice-President of French Society of Sport Psychology (SFPS) and President-elect of Division 12 at International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Xavier research interests revolve around the following: Psychological aspects of regulation (emotion, motivation) and pressure performance; psychology and sport climbing; and sport and integration in multi-cultural/ethnical societies. He has published work in a wide-range of peer-reviewed journals in sport and exercise psychology, sport and exercise sciences, and mainstream psychology. Xavier is an editorial board member at International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, International Journal of Sport Psychology, and Frontiers in Psychology ('Movement Science and Sport Psychology' and 'Performance Science'). Xavier also delivers sport psychology services at elite international level.