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Emeritus Professor in the Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at UCT
Co-Founder and Executive Co-Director, Sports Science Institute of South Africa

MBChB: 1974 - University of Cape Town
MD: 1981 - Thesis title – “Exercise and the Heart”
DSc: 2002 - Doctor of Science in Medicine degree in Exercise Science (UCT)
PhD (h.c.): Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
FACSM: Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine
(hon) FFSEM (UK): Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK)

1992 - Elected Fellow of the University of Cape Town for sustained excellence in original scientific work.
1995 - Selection Committee – International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) Olympic Science Prize.
1996 - Citation Award of the American College of Sports Medicine.
1999 - Elected Founding Member, IOC Olympic Academy of Sports Sciences, Medical Commission, International Olympic Committee.
2001 - International Cannes Grand Prix Award for Research in Medicine and Water for his studies of water intoxication in athletes.
2004,2010 - National Research Foundation rating as an A1 scientist (the highest possible rating in South African Science).
2006 - National Foundation for Research and Technology: Award for Individual over a Lifetime.
2006 - Recipient of Men’s Health Best Man Award in Science and Technology for 2006.
2008 - Order of Mapungubwe: Silver (OMS). Awarded by the President of South Africa for “excellent contribution in the field of sports and the science of physical exercise”.
2009 - IMMDA Lifetime achievement in marathon sports medicine research award.
2010 - Nominated Sport Legend for 2010 by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Western Cape Government.
2012 - NRF Lifetime Achieve Award
2013 - One of 100 World Class South Africans. City Press, 28 April 2013, p.29.
Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) Gold Medal.

Co-founder of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
Author of Lore of Running, Challenging Beliefs, Waterlogged, co-author of Bob Woolmer’s Art and Science of Cricket, scientific author of The Real Meal Revolution and Die Kos Revolusie and co-author of Always Believe in Magic.
Author or co-author of more than 500 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals. More than 15000 citations and an H-index of 66.
Has run more than 70 marathon and ultra-marathon races, including seven 90km Comrades Marathons and fifteen 56km Two Oceans Marathons.

Tel: +27 21 650 2459