diff --git a/backend/app/services/garmin_connect_sync.py b/backend/app/services/garmin_connect_sync.py
index c2244f8..6e4d537 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/garmin_connect_sync.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/garmin_connect_sync.py
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ def sync_wellness(garmin, user_id: int, since: Optional[datetime], db,
             row["intraday_hr"] = _json.dumps(row["intraday_hr"])
         if "body_battery" in row and not isinstance(row["body_battery"], str):
             row["body_battery"] = _json.dumps(row["body_battery"])
+        if "sleep_stages" in row and not isinstance(row["sleep_stages"], str):
+            row["sleep_stages"] = _json.dumps(row["sleep_stages"])
 
         cols = list(row.keys())
         col_sql  = ", ".join(cols)
@@ -585,6 +587,14 @@ def _parse_day(stats, sleep_data, hrv_data) -> dict:
         elif isinstance(scores, (int, float)):
             row["sleep_score"] = scores
 
+        # Per-stage timeline (hypnogram). Garmin's sleepLevels array gives one
+        # entry per contiguous stage with startGMT/endGMT and an activityLevel
+        # code. Map it to the internal [[ts_ms, level], ...] format shared with
+        # the FIT parser (0=unmeasurable,1=awake,2=light,3=deep,4=rem).
+        stages = _gc_sleep_stages(sleep_data)
+        if stages:
+            row["sleep_stages"] = stages
+
     if hrv_data:
         summary = hrv_data.get("hrvSummary") or hrv_data
         _set(row, "hrv_nightly_avg", summary.get("lastNight") or summary.get("lastNightAvg"))
@@ -599,3 +609,48 @@ def _parse_day(stats, sleep_data, hrv_data) -> dict:
 def _set(d: dict, key: str, val):
     if val is not None:
         d[key] = val
+
+
+# Garmin Connect sleepLevels.activityLevel → internal stage code
+# (internal: 0=unmeasurable, 1=awake, 2=light, 3=deep, 4=rem — matches the FIT
+#  parser's SLEEP_LEVEL_MAP so both sources produce identical sleep_stages).
+_GC_STAGE_MAP = {0: 3, 1: 2, 2: 4, 3: 1}  # deep, light, rem, awake
+
+
+def _gc_ms(val) -> Optional[int]:
+    """Garmin timestamps: epoch-ms ints, or GMT ISO strings (naive ⇒ UTC)."""
+    if val is None:
+        return None
+    if isinstance(val, (int, float)):
+        return int(val)
+    try:
+        s = str(val).replace("Z", "")
+        dt = datetime.fromisoformat(s)
+        if dt.tzinfo is None:
+            dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return int(dt.timestamp() * 1000)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _gc_sleep_stages(sleep_data: dict) -> Optional[list]:
+    """Convert Garmin Connect `sleepLevels` into [[ts_ms, level], ...] (UTC, sorted)."""
+    levels = sleep_data.get("sleepLevels")
+    if not isinstance(levels, list):
+        return None
+    out = []
+    for lv in levels:
+        if not isinstance(lv, dict):
+            continue
+        ts = _gc_ms(lv.get("startGMT"))
+        al = lv.get("activityLevel")
+        if ts is None or al is None:
+            continue
+        try:
+            mapped = _GC_STAGE_MAP.get(int(float(al)))
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            mapped = None
+        if mapped is not None:
+            out.append([ts, mapped])
+    out.sort(key=lambda p: p[0])
+    return out or None