George Petrakos
rugby player
George Petrakos (born c. 1988 in Essex, England) is a rugby union strength and conditioning coach with Italy.
Rugby Union
Coaching career
He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Glasgow Warriors in 2016.
He previously worked with Leicester Tigers, Edinburgh rugby and Scotland.
Football
He was a Sports Science intern with Chelsea FC. During a year at the football club he worked under Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti.
Hockey
Petrakos was the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Ireland national women's hockey team.
Academic career
Petrakos graduated from the University of Loughborough with a BSc in Sports Science.
He then studied at the University of Edinburgh and gained a Masters in Strength and Conditioning.
In Ireland he became the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for University College Dublin and lectured in the subject from 2012 - 16.
He became a researcher in force application at the Dublin University and used resisted sled sprint training to profile sprinting performance from 2015 - 16.
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