Peter Kotkowski
The person behind PEKO Training & Rehab.
Sport scientist, trainer, author — and the person behind PEKO Training & Rehab.
Peter Kotkowski (MSc Sport Science, EHSM Magglingen) brings over 15 years of experience working with elite athletes and demanding private clients.
His own relationship to movement is wide-ranging: Peter has practised martial arts and is a passionate sailor — two worlds that have both shaped him. One teaches precision under pressure and reading the person opposite you; the other teaches patience, preparation and respect for forces bigger than oneself. Both show up in his work: in the detail, in the calm, in the long-term thinking.
Method.Training is only one part. What makes the difference is analysis, understanding, clear communication and long-term partnership. Booking Peter isn't buying sessions — it's hiring someone who reads a person's body and life over years and thinks along.
Connection.What keeps clients is rarely a single moment. It's individual care instead of a template, direct reachability, a relationship that carries across seasons — and the willingness to adapt the training to life phases, not the other way around.
Background.Behind PEKO sits an MSc in Sport Science (focus: high-performance sport, EHSM Magglingen), research with published papers, rehab work at NHL and Bundesliga level, athletic leadership in the Swiss NLA, and regular talks on performance and rehabilitation.
Peter works with people who want the maximum from their bodies — from Champions-League winners to founders who need to protect their peak performance. What they share: a standard that has no patience for off-the-shelf solutions.
For more than fifteen years I've supported people in staying capable, healthy and resilient.
What still fascinates me isn't the training itself — it's the person behind it.
The challenge is rarely writing a training plan. The challenge is finding the right solution for the person in front of me.
That's why I deliberately work with a limited number of clients — and stay with many of them for years.
Career
Experience & stations.
Career stations
Since April 2023
Head of Athletic Performance
Zug United — Unihockey NLA
Since October 2022
Founder
PEKO Training & Rehab — Zurich & Zug
March 2017 — September 2022
Head of Performance and Rehab Training
OSPhysio Training & Therapie
October 2013 — March 2017
Sport Scientist & Rehab/Athletic Trainer
OSPhysio Training & Therapie
January 2013 — March 2018
Lecturer
OSInstitut
May 2014 — February 2016
Performance & Speed Coach
SpeedClub
May 2011 — August 2013
Head of Athletic Performance
Zug United — Unihockey
October 2011 — October 2014
MSc in Sport Science (focus: high-performance sport)
Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen (EHSM)
Beyond training
Since April 2025
Podcaster
Beats & Balance ↗Since September 2023
Advisory Board
Vegana Natura ↗Since September 2023
Public Speaker
Talks on performance, rehabilitation and sport science
March 2020 — March 2021
Podcaster
Olli & Peter Podcast ↗
My approach
Three principles.
Personal.
No off-the-shelf programme. Every session is tailored to the person in front of me — their story, their body, their goals.
Scientific.
Every programme is built on current sport science, not gut feeling or trends.
Sustainable.
Change doesn't happen in a season. My standard is partnership that holds over years — not isolated wins.
Movement
Still in motion.
What Peter coaches in his clients, he lives himself — on the track, in the water, day-to-day.
Research
Scientific publications.
physiopraxis · 2026
Kurz, intensiv, effizient – HIIT für mehr Leistung und Gesundheit.
Kotkowski, P., Kotkowski, D. (2026). physiopraxis, 24(02): 44–47.
physiopraxis · 2023
Optimale Reize setzen – Reha nach Hamstring-Verletzungen.
Kotkowski D., Oberhuber D., Pingitore E., Kotkowski, P. (2023). physiopraxis, 22(04), 20–25. DOI: 10.1055/a-2247-1862
physiopraxis · 2023
Wieder in Form – Konservative Reha nach HKB-Teilruptur.
Kotkowski, P., Ribbat, L. (2023). physiopraxis, 21(09), 38–41. DOI: 10.1055/a-2081-3078
Sportphysio · 2019
Der Sprint in Therapie und Performance Training.
Kotkowski, P., Schmidtlein, O., & Bachmaier, F. (2019). Sportphysio, 7(05), 231–239. DOI: 10.1055/a-1021-0981
Sportphysio · 2018
High Intensity Training (HIT).
Kotkowski, P., Kotkowski, D., & Schmidtlein, O. (2018). Sportphysio, 6(02), 82–86. DOI: 10.1055/a-0562-7782
Manuelle Therapie · 2016
Der Return to Activity Algorithmus für die untere Extremität – ein Fallbeispiel.
Keller, M., Kotkowski, P., Hochleitner, E., & Kurz, E. (2016). Manuelle Therapie, 20(01), 19–28. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-110842
Sportphysio · 2014
Agilität: Test und Training.
Schmidtlein, O., Kotkowski, P., & Kurz, E. (2014). Sportphysio, 2(03), 137–142. DOI: 10.1055/s00341387920