Recipients of the Geoffrey Dyson Award:

Year	Recipient(s)	Symposium	Title
1987	Prof. Gerhardt Hochmuth Research Institute for Physical Culture and Sport, Leipzig, GDR	Athens, Greece	Biomechanical Movement Analysis Regarding the Aspect of Energy Input
1988	Dr. Marlene Adrian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA	Bozeman, MT, USA	Quasars and Quintessence
1989	Dr. Bruce Elliott University of Western Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Biomechanics: Its Role in Sports Performance
1990	None awarded	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1991	Dr. Elizabeth Roberts University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Ames, IA, USA	Tracking Velocity in Motion
1992	Prof. Vladimir Zatsiorsky Central Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, Russia and Pennsylvania State University, USA	Milano, Italy	Biomechanical Basis of Strength Training
1993	Dr. Doris I. Miller University of Western Ontario, Canada	Amhurst, MA, USA	The Challenge of Communicating with Coaches by Computer
1994	Prof. Gert-Peter Br?gemann Institute for Athletics and Gymnastics, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany	Siofok, Hungary	Biomechanical Considerations on Jumping in Sports - An Approach to a Fundamental Understanding
1995	Dr. Patrick J. Bishop University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	Thunder Bay, Canada	Biomechanics of Cervical Quadriplegia. A Review
1996	Dr. David A. Winter University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal	Total Body Kinetics: Our Diagnostic Key to Human Movement
1997	Dr. Pekka Luhtanen Research Institute for Olympic Sports, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland	Denton, TX, USA	How Biomechanics Research Can Help the Coach
1998	Prof. Dr. Herbert Hatze Department of Biomechanics, University of Vienna, Austria	Konstanz, Germany	Biomechanics of Sports - Selected Examples of Successful Applications and Future Perspectives
1999	Prof. Dr. James  Hay Department of Sport and Exercise Science University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand	Perth, Australia	The takeoff in the long jump and other running jumps
2000	Dr. Bruce R. Mason Australian Insitute of Sport, Canberra, Australia	Hong Kong, China	Providing a service to an elite national sports programme
2001	Prof. Dr. Peter Cavanagh Penn State University University Park, USA	San Francisco, USA	Biomechanics on The International Space Station: The Past, Present, And Future
2002	Prof. Dr. Jesus Dapena Indiana University Bloomington, USA	Cáceres, Spain	The Evolution of High Jumping Technique: Biomechanical Analysis
2003	No Award
2004	Prof. Dr. Benno Nigg University of Calgary Canada	Ottawa, Canada	Impact forces and injury - a new paradigm
2005	Prof. Dr. Roger Bartlett University of Otago	Beijing, P R China	Future Trends in Sports Biomechanics
2006	Prof. Dr. Joe Hamill University of Massachusetts, USA	Massachusetts, USA	Overuse injuries in running: Do complex analyses help our understanding?
2007	Prof. Dr. Ross Saunders Edinburgh University, UK	Edinburgh, UK	Rock and roll rhythms in swimming
2008	Prof. Dr. Fred Yeadon Loughborough University, UK	Loughborough, UK	Applications of Modelling to the improvement of sports technique
2009	Prof. Dr. Albert Gollhofer University of Freiburg, Germany	Freiburg, Germany

Recipients of the New Investigator Award:

Year	Recipient(s)	Symposium	Title of Presentation
1990	Milan Jurdik University of Karlova, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Biomechanical Analysis of the Horizontal Jumps
	Greg Wilson University of Western Australia		Maximizing the Use of Elastic Energy in a Stretch Shorten Cycle Movement
1991	None awarded	Ames, Iowa, USA
1992	Nigel Stockill Crewe-Alsager College of Higher Education, UK	Milano, Italy	A Three Dimensional Cinematographica Analysis of the Techniques of International and English Country Cricket Fast Bowlers
1993	Mark Walsh California State University, Northridge, USA	Amhurst, Massachusetts, USA	Kinematics of the Pole Vault Approach
	Brian Caster University of Oregon, USA		The Effect of Height and Post-Landing Movement Task on Landing Performance
1994	Marco Caffi Politecnico di Milano, D.S.T.M., Milano, Italy	Siofok, Hungary	Balls Mathematical Models and Mechanical Tests
1995	Calvin Morriss Manchester Metropolitan University, England	Thunder Bay, Canada	The Biomechanics of Elite Javelin Throwing Technique
1996	Laurie Malone University of Alberta, Canada	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal	The Effects of Wrist Restraints on Wheeling Biomechanics
1997	Sang Yeon Woo Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea	Denton, Texas, USA	A Three Dimensional Analysis of the Windmill Style of Softball Delivery for Fast and Change-Up Pitching
1998	Toshimasa Yanai School of Physical Education, University of Otago, NZ	Konstanz, Germany	Mechanics of Body Roll in Front-Crawl Swimming
1999	Margaret McBride Australian Catholic University Sydney, Australia	Perth, Australia	Use of Real-Time Telemetry to Monitor Instantaneous Seat and Boat Velocity in Pair oared Rowing
2000	Young-Tae Lim Yeungnam University, Kyungsan, Korea	Hong Kong, PR China	Estimated Lumbar Spinal Loads During a Golf Swing using an EMG-Assisted Optimization Model Approach
2001	Thor Besier The University of Western Australia, Australia	San Francisco, California, USA	Muscle Activation Patterns at the Knee Joint During Unanticipated Sidestepping Tasks
2002	Clara Soper Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand	Cáceres, Spain	The Effectiveness of the Goggles Training System as a Coaching Tool in Changing Pelvis Angle at the Catch during On-Water Rowing
2003	No Award
2004	Cassie Wilson University of Wales Institute Cardiff	Ottawa, Canada	Optimization of Performance in Running Jumps for Height
2005	Wolfgang Potthast German Sport University, Cologne	Beijing, PR China	The Choice of Training Footwear Has an Effect on Changes in Morphology and Function of Foot and Shank Muscles
2006	Jodie Cochrane University of Western Australia, Perth	Salzburg, Austria	The effect of lower limb training on muscular support of the knee and risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury
2007	Miriam Klous Christian Doppler Laboratory 'Biomechanics in Skiing' & Department of Sport Science and Kinesiology, University of Salzburg, Austria Giulia Donà University of  Padova, Padova, Italy	Ouro Preto, Brazil	Lower extremity joint loading in carved ski and snowboard turns     Principal components analysis of knee angle waveforms during race walking
2008	Ezio Preatoni Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy	Seoul, Korea	Nonlinear analysis of race walking gait: Movement variability, Entropy and Motor Skill Assessment