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Officers

ISBS Executive Council

President
Hiroyuki Nunome

University of Fukuoka, Japan

President-Elect
Ina Janssen

National Sports Centre, Netherlands

Secretary-General
Johannes Funken

German Sport University Cologne

secretary-general@isbs.org
Treasurer
Marcus Lee

Singapore Sport Institute

treasurer@isbs.org
Vice President (Awards)
Steffi Colyer

University of Bath, UK

vpawards@isbs.org
Vice President (Research & Projects)
Boyi Dai

University of Vermont, USA

vpresearch-projects@isbs.org
Vice President (Conferences & Meetings)
Tim Exell

University of Portsmouth, UK

vpconferences@isbs.org
Vice President (Public Relations)
Alexandra Atack

St Mary's University, UK

vppublic-relations@isbs.org
Vice President (Publications)
Stuart McErlain-Naylor

Loughborough University, UK

vppublications@isbs.org

Directors (2023-2025)

Dr. Kim Hebert-Losier

University of Waikato

Dr Crystal Kean

University of Canberra

Dr. Pui Kong

Nanyang Technological University

Ms. Enora Le Flao

Ohio State University

Dr. Franky Mulloy

Cincinnati Reds

Dr Ezio Preatoni

University of Bath

Dr. Raihana Sharir

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Student Director
Mr. Daniel Williams

Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Directors (2024-2026)

Mark Walsh

Miami University, USA

Dr. Wentzu Tang

National Taiwan Sport University

Dr. Yu Song

University of Kansas

Dr. Kat Daniels

Manchester Metropolitan University

Kristof Kipp

Marquette University

Dr. Ming-Sheng Chan

San Fransico Giants, USA

Dr. Gerwyn Hughes

University of San Francisco

Dr. ChengTu Hsieh

California State University, Chico

Prof. Silvio Lorenzetti

ZHAW

Student Director
Marvin Zedler

German Sport University Cologne

ISBS Student Directors / Representatives (Pre-2021)

2013-2015

Loughborough University, UK

2015-2016

University of Tsukuba, Japan

2016-2018

University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

2018-2020

German Sport University, Germany

2020-2022

University of Salzburg, Austria

2021-2023

University of Limerick, Ireland

2022-2024

University of Western Australia, Australia

ISBS Past Officers

Over the years, there are many sports biomechanists who had served the ISBS. Their achievements had led to the success of ISBS. Here is a list of the past officers in the executive council over the years.

ISBS Presidents

1981-1985
Juris Terauds

Colorado State University, USA

1985-1986
Marlene Adrian

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

1986-1988
Laurence Holt

Dalhousie University, Canada

1988-1990
Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum

Montana State University, Bozeman, USA

1990-1992
Bill Morrison

Victoria University of technology, Australia

1992-1994
Lela J Stoner

University of Minnesota, USA

1994-1996
Renato Rodano

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

1996-1998
Hans Gros

University of Stuttgart, Germany

1998-2000
Ross Sanders

University of Edinburgh, UK

2001-2002
Eugene Brown

Michigan State University, USA

2002-2005 *
served a 3-year term due to cancellation of 2003 symposium
Bruce Elliott

University of Western Australia, Australia

2005-2007
Prof. Hermann Schwameder

University of Salzburg

2007-2009
Youlian Hong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2009-2011
Manfred Vieten

University of Konstanz, Germany

2011-2013
Prof. Andrew Harrison

University of Limerick

2013-2015
Joseph Hamill

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

2016-2018
Prof. Gareth Irwin

Cardiff Metropolitan University

2018-2019
Prof. Young-Hoo Kwon

Texas Woman's University

2019-2021
Dr. Duane Knudson

Texas State University, USA

2021-2023
Randall Jensen

Northern Michigan University

* Bruce Elliott served a 3-year term due to cancellation of 2003 symposium

ISBS Vice President (Awards)

1986-1992 & 1999-2001
Barbara Gowitzke

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

1993-1996
Blaine Hoshizaki

Canada

1996-2000
Eugene Brown

Michigan State University, USA

2001-2005
Stuart Miller

Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

2005-2009
Richard Smith

University of Sydney, Australia

2009-2013
Prof. Gareth Irwin

Cardiff Metropolitan University

2013-2015
Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw

Deakin University

2015-2019
Dr. Neal Smith

University of Chichester

2019-2023
Prof. Neil Bezodis

Swansea University

ISBS Vice President (Conferences and Meetings)

1985-1986
David Kelley

University of Maryland, USA

1986-1990
Eleftherios Tsarouchas

Greece

1990-1996
Renato Rodano

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

1996-1997
Aniko Barabas

Hungarian University of Physical Education, Hungary

1997-1998
Cynthia Tant

University of West Florida, USA

1998-2001
Tony Bauer

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

2001-2007
Youlian Hong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2007-2009
Mario Lamontagne

University of Ottawa, Canada

2009-2011
Prof. Chenfu Huang

National Taiwan Normal University

2011-2015
Prof. Hermann Schwameder

University of Salzburg

2015-2019
Dr. Gerda Strutzenberger

UMIT Tirol

ISBS Vice President (Research and Projects)

1988-1992
Dr. Bruce Mason

Australian Institute of Sport, Australia

1992-2000
Larry Noble

Kansas State University, USA

2000-2004
Richard Smith

University of Sydney, Australia

2004-2010
Ross Sanders

University of Edinburgh, UK

2010-2014
Jing Xian Li

University of Ottawa, Canada

2014-2015
Dr. Gerda Strutzenberger

UMIT Tirol

2015-2019
Dr. Tim Exell

University of Portsmouth

2019-2023
Dr. Ina Janssen

Sportcentrum Papendal, Netherlands Olympic Training Centre

ISBS Vice President (Public Relations)

1985-1988 & 2000-2004
Hans Gros

University of Stuttgart, Germany

1988-1992
Blaine Hoshizaki

Canada

1992-1994
Jerry Wilkerson

Texas Woman's University, USA

1994-1996
Gary Moran

USA

1996-2000
Prof. Julie Steele

University of Wollongong

2004-2008
Prof. Young-Hoo Kwon

Texas Woman's University

2008-2012
Dr. Duane Knudson

Texas State University, USA

2012-2014
Dr. Daniel Fong

Loughborough University

2014-2021
Dr. Sarah Breen

University of Oklahoma

ISBS Secretary-General

1981-1985
Jim Crakes

Point Loma College, USA

1985-1986
Gail Evans

USA

1986-1990
Jackie Hudson

USA

1990-1992
Eugene Brown

Michigan State University, USA

1992-1997

University of West Florida, USA

1997-2001
Stuart Miller

Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

2001-2006
John Blackwell

University of San Francisco, USA

2006-2007
Prof. Andrew Harrison

University of Limerick

2007-2011
John Ostarello

California State University, East Bay, USA

2011-2019
Randall Jensen

Northern Michigan University

ISBS Treasurer

1984-1992
John Ostarello

California State University, East Bay, USA

1993-1997
Spiros Prassas

Colorado State University, USA

1997-2001 & 2005-2015
Manfred Vieten

University of Konstanz, Germany

2001-2005
Giannis Giakas

University of Thessaly, Greece

2015-2021
Prof. Silvio Lorenzetti

ZHAW

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