Tudor Bompa
{{Short description|American academic}}
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| name = Tudor Bompa
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| birth_name = Tudor Olimpius Bompa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Năsăud, Romania
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| residence = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| education = Ph.D
| alma_mater = State University of New York at Buffalo
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
| occupation = Professor
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| spouse = Tamara Bompa
| country = {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}}
| sport = Rowing
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
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{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1958 Poznań | Coxed four}}
}}Tudor Olimpius Bompa is a sports scientist. He is a Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.upt.ro/img/files/anuare/2017/publicatii/DHC%201.pdf|title=Doctor Honoris Causa Prof. Dr. Tudor BOMPA – York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada|publisher=Politehnica University of Timișoara|access-date=March 3, 2020}} 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 Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania. He attended his first school classes in his hometown, and in 1949 he moved to the Sports School in Cluj-Napoca. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.upt.ro/Informatii-utile_grant-of-dhc-title-to-prof-tudor-bompa-_144_en.html|title=Grant of Doctor Honoris Causa at the Politehnic University Timișoara|website=www.upt.ro|date=2017-11-10|access-date=2018-05-16}}
In his teens, Bompa played competitive soccer and competed in sprint and pentathlon. 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 career.{{cite web|url=https://tudorbompainstitute.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/interview-with-tudor-bompa/|title=Interview with Tudor Bompa|last1=Koch|first1=Fred|date=7 October 2013|publisher=Tudor Bompa Institute|access-date=7 March 2018}} At the 1958 European Rowing Championships, he won a silver medal in the coxed four event.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/68.html|title=Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)|last1=Heckert|first1=Karlheinz|publisher=Sport Komplett|language=de|access-date=7 March 2018}}
He attended the courses of the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, a prestigious sports academy in the Romanian capital city, Bucharest, 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 Las Vegas, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.juniorsport.ro/prof-univ-dr-tudor-olimpius-bompa/|title=Prof. univ. dr. Tudor Olimpius Bompa |author=Mercado, Beatrice|work=Junior Sport Magazine|language=ro|date=1 August 2016|access-date=15 June 2017}}
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.
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298188.The_Cyclist_s_Training_Bible The Cyclist's Training Bible] — published 1996 — 13 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Periodization-Training-Sports-3rd-Tudor-Bompa/dp/1450469434 Periodization Training for Sports] — published 1999 — 8 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Periodization-5th-Methodology-Training-Tudor-Bompa/dp/073607483X Periodization: Theory and Methodology of Training] — published 1994 — 6 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Serious-Strength-Training-3rd-Tudor-Bompa/dp/1450422446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526450431&sr=1-1&keywords=Serious+Strength+Training Serious Strength Training] – published 1998 — 7 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Total-Training-Young-Champions-Tudor/dp/073600212X Total Training for Young Champions] – published 1999 — 2 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Periodization-Rugby-Tudor-Bompa/dp/1841262536 Periodization in Rugby] – published 2008 — 4 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Methodology-Training-Athletic-Performance/dp/0787233714 Theory And Methodology Of Training: The Key To Athletic Performance] – published 1983 — 3 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Periodization-Strength-New-Wave-Training/dp/0969755708 Periodization Of Strength: The New Wave In Strength Training]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Conditioning-Young-Athletes-Tudor-Bompa/dp/1492503096/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=K85FSSNJC8ZAZGZANFXW Conditioning Young Athletes] – published 2015 — 2 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Power-Training-Sport-Plyometrics-Development/dp/0889626294 Power Training for Sport: Plyometrics for Maximum Power Development] – published 1994 — 3 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Total-Hockey-Conditioning-Pee-Wee-Pro/dp/0969755732 Total Hockey Conditioning: From Pee Wee To Pro] – published 1999 — 3 editions
- [https://www.amazon.com/Fitness-development-exercises-Tudor-Bompa/dp/0840323883 Fitness And Body Development Exercises]
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33570169 週期化運動訓練]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Musculacion-Entrenamiento-avanzado-Spanish-Tudor/dp/8425514118/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Musculacion. Entrenamiento avanzado]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Total-Training-Coaching-Team-Sports/dp/0920905927 Total Training For Coaching Team Sports: A Self Help Guide]
- [https://www.amazon.de/Periodizaci%C3%B3n-entrenamiento-deportivo-Deportes-Spanish-ebook/dp/B073D3G1L2 Periodización del entrenamiento deportivo (Deportes nº 24)]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Champion-Athlete-Tudor-Bompa/dp/0969755716 From Childhood to Champion Athlete] – published 1995
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