Jörg Spörri
Jörg Spörri is a Titular Professor at the University of Zurich and Head of the Research Unit for Snow Sports Medicine at Balgrist University Hospital. He is a former alpine skier and works full-time as Director of Health & Performance at Swiss-Ski.
In 2009, he obtained a Master’s degree in ‘Movement Sciences’ from ETH Zurich. He then moved to the University of Salzburg, where he obtained his PhD in 2012 and was awarded the…
Jörg Spörri is a Titular Professor at the University of Zurich and Head of the Research Unit for Snow Sports Medicine at Balgrist University Hospital. He is a former alpine skier and works full-time as Director of Health & Performance at Swiss-Ski.
In 2009, he obtained a Master’s degree in ‘Movement Sciences’ from ETH Zurich. He then moved to the University of Salzburg, where he obtained his PhD in 2012 and was awarded the venia legendi in ‘Biomechanics’ in 2017. In 2022, he received the venia legendi for ‘Experimental Sports Medicine’ at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich and was awarded the title of Titular Professor in 2023.
He has an excellent methodological background in epidemiology, performance diagnostics, sports biomechanics and musculoskeletal imaging, and has many years of experience in managing translational research projects. To date, he has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles.
He and his research group focus on protecting the health of athletes in snow sports and developing innovative sports medicine concepts for diagnosis, prevention and rehabilitation.
Academic position
Titular Professor, University of Zurich, Private Docent, University of Salzburg
Specialisation
BiomechanicsExperimental Sports Medicine
Honors and awards
| 12/2010 | 1st Place, Young Investigator Award, 5th International Congress on Skiing and Science, St. Christoph a. Arlberg, Austria |
| 11/2009 | Willi-Studer-Prize (Best Master Program Graduation of the Year 2009), Department of Biology, ETH Zurich |
Graduate
| 04/2017–06/2023 | Titularprofessorship, University of Zurich |
| 04/2017–06/2022 | Habilitation with Venia Legendi in Experimental Sports Medicine, University of Zurich |
| 01/2013–03/2017 | Habilitation with Venia Legendi in Biomechanics, University of Salzburg |
| 04/2009–12/2012 | PhD in Natural Sciences (Major: Sports Science), University of Salzburg |
| 10/2002–03/2009 | Master of Science in Human Movement Sciences, ETH Zurich |
| 10/1995–06/2000 | Matura, Swiss Sports High-School Engelberg |
Professional career
| Seit 06/2026 | Director Health & Performance, Swiss-Ski |
| Seit 06/2026 | Research Group Leader, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich |
| 01/2020–05/2026 | Scientific Leader Clinical Motion Lab "Bewegungsanalyse Zürich" |
| 04/2017–05/2026 | Head of Sports Medical Research, Balgrist University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zurich |
| 01/2013–03/2017 | Postdoc, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Salzburg |
| 10/2012–09/2014 | Head of Development, Swiss Ski Federation (Swiss-Ski) |
| 04/2009–12/2012 | PhD Student, Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Salzburg |
| 10/2007–09/2008 | Scientific Internship, Christian Doppler Laboratory, University of Salzburg |
| 10/2006–05/2007 | Scientific Internship, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich |
| 05/1999–04/2002 | Professional Elite Athlete in Alpine Skiing |
Grants and stipends
Over CHF 2 million in competitive third-party funding raised over the last 10 years.
Memberships
- Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland (SEMS)
- Swiss Society of Sport Science (SGS)
- European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
Reviewer and editorial board activities
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Journal of Sport and Health Science
- Sports Medicine
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
- Journal of Sport Science
- Journal of Sport Science and Medicine
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living