Professor A.I. Zavyalov — Biography, Achievements, Awards

👨‍ About the Author

Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Honored Coach of Russia

Zavyalov Aleksandr Ivanovich

Zavyalov Aleksandr Ivanovich

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Professor Master of Sports of the USSR Honored Coach of Russia Academician of RAE

Russian physiologist, educator, Honored Coach, Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. Founder of the scientific school "Biopedagogy", author of new theories of the heart, muscles and ECG-based training control system. Trained Olympic champions. Author of 200+ scientific works.

📖 Biography

Born in Yaroslavl. Later moved with his parents to Tula. His father was a chemical engineer, lieutenant colonel, and author of a textbook on explosives.

1975 — completed postgraduate studies in "Sports Cardiology" at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.

Investigated the behavior and functioning of athletes' hearts during extreme physical exertion using ECG telemetry. For the first time in cardiology explained the origin of the U wave on the ECG and described the physiological processes it reflects during ventricular diastole.

For the first time in physiology described the complete cardiac cycle, explaining the mechanism of heart filling with blood and the key role of the pericardium. Established that the heart has a 5-chamber structure (two atria, two ventricles, pericardial cavity), and the self-supply of the heart with blood is an independent third circulation circle (pulmonary, systemic, coronary).

Based on more than 20 thousand practical ECG studies of athletes of various qualifications during training and competitions (including telemetric), developed a sports training management system based on the ECG monitoring method, which eliminates overload of the heart muscle during sports activities.

Author of the registered hypothesis on the scientific discovery "Hypothesis on the mechanism of blood filling of the cavities of the human heart" (registration certificate of scientific hypothesis No. A-230 dated 06.06.2001).

Dedicated his life to studying the physiological processes of the heart and muscles, as well as developing a sports training management system, on the basis of which the scientific school "Biopedagogy" was founded.

🏆 Awards and Achievements

🏅 Honored Coach of Russia
Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation
🥇 Master of Sports of the USSR
🎓 Honored Scientist and Educator of RAE
🏅 Honorary Badge "For Services to the Development of the Olympic Movement in Russia"
🏅 A. Nobel Medal
🏅 V.I. Vernadsky Medal
🎖️ Order "Labore Et Scientia"
📖 Included in the encyclopedia "Best People of Russia"
📚 Author of over 300 scientific publications

🏛️ Pedagogical Activity

From 1988 to 1991, he worked at the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky. Since 1992, he has been working at the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafyev, where from 1997 to 2022 he headed the Institute of Combat Sports named after I. Yarygin and trained student-athletes and coaches in sports management based on the ECG monitoring method.

Currently continues to research the activity of the heart and muscle contraction.

📋 Practical Activity

Over the years, he headed laboratories and complex scientific groups for the training of sports teams:

🏋️ Belarusian SSR team in weightlifting 1979–1988
🏃 Belarusian SSR team in athletics 1979–1988
🤼 USSR team in Greco-Roman wrestling 1980–1981
🤼 USSR team in freestyle wrestling 1982–1988
🤼 Krasnoyarsk Krai team in freestyle wrestling 1988–2015
🥋 Krasnoyarsk Krai team in judo 1989–2000
🎯 Krasnoyarsk Krai team in biathlon 1990–1995
🧭 Krasnoyarsk Krai team in orienteering 1993–2002
🔬 Scientific Laboratory of the Academy of Wrestling named after D.G. Mindiashvili, Krasnoyarsk 1991–2022

🧪 Scientific School "Biopedagogy"

Founded by Professor A.I. Zavyalov. The scientific school unites research in the field of integration of pedagogy and biology in the learning process and sports training.

2
Doctoral dissertations
14
Candidate dissertations
300+
Scientific publications

✉️ Contacts

🏛️ Place of work
Institute of Combat Sports named after I. Yarygin
KSPU named after V.P. Astafyev, Krasnoyarsk
📧 Email
zavyalov@academprof.ru
📄 Scientific profiles
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Heart Theory
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Muscle Theory
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Sports Training
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Biopedagogy
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