Reserved for individuals who have made outstanding contributions in biomechanics related to sports over a period of years.

Award Criteria:
  • The applicant must have been a full member of ISBS for at least five prior consecutive years (e.g. if applying in the year 2024, the applicant must have been a member during 2019-2023).
  • A current full member of ISBS.
  • The applicant must have delivered at least two oral presentations at two different ISBS events (at least one of these must be at an annual conference, the other may be e.g. an invited presentation at a mid-year symposium).
  • The applicant must have published at least five Sports Biomechanics papers (minimum of three as the first author) in English, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
  • The applicant must have served ISBS in a recognised role as per page 17 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of awards of ISBS.
  • The applicant must have been nominated by an executive member, board director, or Fellow of ISBS.
  • The applicant, if selected, must attend the closing ceremony and closing banquet for that year’s annual conference.
Submission Process:

The applicant must submit an application form, to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Deadline:

April 30th

Further Information available on Page 17-18 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of Awards of ISBS

Award recipients

1989


Dr. John Cooper

University of Indiana, USA

1989


Dr. Ruth B. Glassow*

University of Wisconsin, USA

1997


Dr. Juris Terauds

Colorado State University, USA

2001


Dr. Bruce Elliot

University of Western Australia, Australia

2001


Dr. Stanley Plagenoef*

University of Massachusetts, USA

2002


Dr. Doris Miller

University of Western Ontario, Canada

2004


Dr. James Hay*

University of Auckland, New Zealand

2004


Dr. Roger Bartlett

University of Otago, New Zealand

2005


Dr. Joseph Hamill

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

2005


Dr. Benno Nigg

University of Calgary, Canada

2007


Dr. Duane Knudson

California State University at Chico, USA

2008


Dr. Young-Hoo Kwon

Texas Woman's University, USA

2008


Dr. Jing Xian Li

University of Ottawa, Canada

2008


Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw

Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

2008


Dr. Wayne Marino

University of Windsor, Canada

2008


Dr. Youlian Hong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2009


Dr. Richard Smith

University of Sydney, Australia

2009

Dr. Hermann Schwameder

University of Karlsruhe, Germany

2009


Dr. Daniel Fong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2009


Dr. Gareth Irwin

Cardiff Metropolitan University,
UK

2010


Dr. Michiyoshi Ae

University of Tsukuba, Japan

2010


Dr. Rafael Bahamonde

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA

2010


Dr. Angus Burnett

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2010


Dr. Drew Harrison

University of Limerick, Ireland

2010


Dr. Patria Hume

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

2010


Dr. Randall Jensen

Northern Michigan University, USA

2010


Dr. David Kerwin

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK

2010


Dr. Mario Lamontagne

University of Ottawa, Canada

2010


Dr. Cassie Wilson

University of Bath, UK

2011


Dr. Kevin Ball

Victoria University, Australia

2011


Dr. Glenn Fleisig

American Sports Medicine Institute, USA

2011


Dr. Bing Yu

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

2012


Dr. Alfred E. Finch

Indiana State University, USA

2012


Dr. Justin Keogh

Bond University, Australia

2012


Dr. Gongbing Shan

University of Lethbridge, Canada

2013


Dr. Jacqueline Alderson

University of Western Australia, Australia

2013


Dr. Young-Tae Lim

Konkuk University, Korea

2013


Dr. Bruce Mason

Australian Institute of Sport, Australia

2014


Dr. Wolfgang Potthast

German Sport University, Cologne

2014


Dr. Aki Salo

University of Bath, UK

2015


Dr. Gerda Strutztenberger

University of Salzburg, Austria

2017

Dr. Hiro
Nunome

Fukuoka University, Japan

2017


Dr. Neil
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Swansea University, UK

2017

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Loughborough University, UK

2018

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Northern Michigan University,

2018

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Dr. Ian Bezodis

Cardiff Metropolitan University,
UK

2018

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Dr. Silvio Lorenzettis

Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen

2019

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Dr. Laura-Anne Furlong

Loughborough University,
UK

2019

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Dr. Mark Walsh

Miami University, Ohio,
USA

2018

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Dr. Tim Exell

University of Portsmouth,
UK

2019

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Dr. Daniel Herman

University of Florida,
USA

2020

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Dr. Mark King

Loughborough University,
UK

2020

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Dr. Veni Kong

Nanyang Technological University, Sinapore

2020

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Dr. Peter Sinclair

University of Sydney, Australia

2021

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Dr. Helen Bayne

University of Pretoria, South Africa

2021

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Prof Floren Colloud

Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, France

2021

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Dr. Steffi Colyer

University of Bath, United Kingdom

2021

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Dr. Ina Janssen

Sportcentrum Papendal, Netherlands

2021

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Dr. Marcus Lee

Singapore Sport Institute, Sport Singapore

2021

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Dr. Gillian Weir

New York Yankees, USA

2022

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Dr Alexandra Atack

St Mary’s University, UK

2022

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Dr Kelly Sheerin

Auckland University of Technology, NZ

2022

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Dr Hannah Wyatt

Auckland University of Technology, NZ

2023

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Dr Boyi Dai

University of Wyoming, USA

2023

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Dr Ezio Preatoni

University of Bath, UK

* Awarded posthumously