Tim Noakes

Tim Noakes is Professor in the Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. He is also Director of the UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine and co-founder of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and was elected a Fellow of the University of Cape Town for sustained excellence in original scientific work.

He was the team doctor for the Proteas Cricket Team in the 1996 Cricket World Cup and assisted long distance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, in cold water swims in the Arctic and Antarctic and at the North Pole.

He has also served on the Ministerial Commission into High Performance Sport in South Africa. In 2004, and again in 2009, he received the National Research Foundation rating as an A1-rated scientist. He has won many awards over the years, amongst others the National Foundation for Research and Technology Award for Individual over a Lifetime and the Men's Health Annual Award for Recipient of Best Man Award in the category for Science and Technology.

In 2008 he received the Order of Mapungubwe, Silver from the State President for "excellent contribution in the field of sports and the science of physical exercise". He has authored many books and papers over the years including his book Lore of Running which is in its 4th edition and which has been published in countries worldwide. His latest book is The Art and Science of Cricket which he co-authored with Bob Woolmer and which was published in 2008. He is presently completing his autobiography and a book on the science of drinking during exercise and how this "science" was commercially manipulated with some fatal consequences.

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