Tudor Olimpius Bompa is a sports scientist. He is a Professor Emeritus at

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, Canada. He is married to Tamara Bompa, who is an associate lecturer at York University.

Background

Tudor Olimpius Bompa was born on December 23, 1932 in the town of Năsăud, in

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. He attended his first school classes in his hometown, and in 1949 he moved to the Sports School in

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. During his junior years, he was part of the national athletics team, and won several silver and bronze medals at the National Championships, in the pentathlon, javelin and discus competitions. In his teens, Bompa played competitive soccer and competed in

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and

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. After an ankle injury, he swapped to rowing, which he found difficult as it is an endurance sport rather than a strength sport that he had been used to through his

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

career. At the

1958 European Rowing Championships The 1958 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Malta in the city of Poznań in Poland. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, ...

, he won a silver medal in the

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event. He attended the courses of the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, a prestigious sports academy in the Romanian capital city,

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, which he graduated at the age of 24, in 1956. Between 1956 and 1970, he served as Director of the Central Army House Sports Club, as an assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara and the University of Bucharest, and as Athletic Director at Politehnica Timișoara Sports Club. Starting in 1960, he laid the foundations of new training methods for performance athletes, which were first published in the journal "Studies and Research" Politehnica University of Timișoara. In 1970 Bompa emigrated to Canada, where he attended Masters studies at York University, in Toronto, between 1972 and 1974. In 1975 enrolled in the doctoral studies program at State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating with a Ph.D. degree in 1979 with thesis "Mechanical analysis of the action of the arms". He was also conferred a Ph.D. degree by the Free University of Brussels, in Belgium.

Honors

Bompa has received 23 honors in 21 countries, including Life-Long Achievements Awards, NSCA, in

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, 2014. He has also received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, Politehnica University of Timișoara, 2017. His most prominent book, Periodization:Theory and Methodology of Training has been voted Year Book, 2018, a best seller, and Best Sports Science Book of 2018.

Books

Bompa has published 19 books; some of them have been translated into 22 languages, and have sold over one million copies.
The Cyclist's Training Bible
— published 1996 — 13 editions
Periodization Training for Sports
— published 1999 — 8 editions
Periodization: Theory and Methodology of Training
— published 1994 — 6 editions
Serious Strength Training
– published 1998 — 7 editions
Total Training for Young Champions
– published 1999 — 2 editions
Periodization in Rugby
– published 2008 — 4 editions
Theory And Methodology Of Training: The Key To Athletic Performance
– published 1983 — 3 editions
Periodization Of Strength: The New Wave In Strength Training

Conditioning Young Athletes
– published 2015 — 2 editions
Power Training for Sport: Plyometrics for Maximum Power Development
– published 1994 — 3 editions
Total Hockey Conditioning: From Pee Wee To Pro
– published 1999 — 3 editions
Fitness And Body Development Exercises

週期化運動訓練

Musculacion. Entrenamiento avanzado

Total Training For Coaching Team Sports: A Self Help Guide

Periodización del entrenamiento deportivo (Deportes nº 24)

From Childhood to Champion Athlete
– published 1995

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bompa, Tudor Living people York University faculty Romanian male rowers Romanian sports coaches Methodology Sports scientists 1932 births People from Năsăud University at Buffalo alumni Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni Romanian emigrants to Canada European Rowing Championships medalists