Dr Siona Fernandes OLY

Interdisciplinary researcher • Olympian • Accredited Exercise Professional

Bridging sport, movement, and culture to foster health, wellbeing, and belonging.

This is a space where all the fragments of my journey are progressively being pieced together under one platform – my website. So, bear with me; it is a work in progress. Thank you for stopping by to discover some of my work. 

My ‘journey’ starts in India, through New Zealand, into Australia. Built around themes of sport, classical Indian dance, and elite Olympic participation, I try to briefly capture that journey, at each transition, and embed some media highlights at the end for those who may be interested. Embedding an image gallery is a likely addition in the future.

I also use this website as a platform to share my original research publications. I also highlight my continued service coaching adults and increasingly mentoring youth, as an accredited exercise practitioner in the active health, fitness, and exercise industry. My research and practice are rooted at the intersections of sport, exercise and health.

From time to time, I like to share my reflections from the in‑between places: the transitions, the questions, the lessons that come from rebuilding a life across continents and countries shaped by years in sport, study, and the ongoing work of becoming myself. I write slowly, but with intention, and everything shared under this space comes from a place of learning, failing, growing; lived experience. Some pieces are presented as blog posts, others as interview transcripts, and potentially, images in future could also tell the story.

Thank you for being here.

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