Bengt Saltin

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Bengt Saltin (born June 3, 1935 in Stockholm ; † September 12, 2014 ) was a Swedish physician , internationally renowned physiologist and anti-doping expert.

life and work

After studying medicine until 1962 and doctorate in 1964, Saltin worked as a lecturer in exercise physiology at the Karolinska Institute with Per-Olof Åstrand in Stockholm until 1968, and from 1968 as professor of human physiology. After being appointed to the August Krogh Institute at the University of Copenhagen in 1973, he was Professor of Physiology there until 1990. From 1990 to 1993 he was again at the Karolinska Institute before he got his own institute in Copenhagen in 1993, namely the Institute for Muscle Physiology . He also held visiting professorships at several universities, but also welcomed committed training scientists and exercise physiologists from all over the world to his institute. With his own research network, he ensured networking in research between Dänemerk and Sweden in the field of exercise physiology. His Copenhagen Muscle Research Center (CMRC) cooperated in his muscle research center. with the August Krogh Institute. the Panum Institute. the Bispebjerg Hospital. and the Capitol Hospital. in Copenhagen.

His work and research subjects were the basics of human performance and the effects of physical activity and training. The institutions he directed in Sweden and Copenhagen became known and visited research centers for exercise physiology worldwide. Between 1960 and 2014 he wrote 446 research papers that are listed in PubMed.

Saltin himself was a successful orienteer, from 1982 to 1988 president of the international orienteering federation IOF and chairman of the medical commission of the international ski federation ( FIS ). In these functions, he was committed to the fight against doping .

Publications

  • B. Saltin: Biochemistry of Exercise VI: Conference Proceedings (International Series on Sport Sciences). Human Kinetics Publ. 1986, ISBN 0-87322-052-8 .
  • P. Marconnet, B. Saltin, PV Komi: Medicine and Sport Science: Human Muscular Function during Dynamic Exercise. Freiburg i. B. 1996, ISBN 3-8055-6274-8 .
  • EA Richter, B. Saltin, H. Galbo, B. Kiens: Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Exercise and Diabetes (Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology). Springer, Berlin 1998, ISBN 0-306-45920-5 .

Saltin was also the author of more than 350 scientific papers, books and book chapters, including several textbooks on physiology.

honors and awards

Saltin has received a variety of international awards, appointments and honors. He was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Literature, the American College of Sport Science, Knight of Dannebrog , received the IOC Olympic Prize for Sport Science and was named ECSS Patron of the European College of Sport Science .

Saltin has received honorary doctorates from 12 universities, including honorary doctorates from the kings of Denmark and Sweden, and from the universities of Paris (France), Athens (Greece), Guelph (Canada), Oslo (Norway), Tartu (Estonia) ), Sports University of Lithuania and Jyväskylä (Finland) were awarded an honorary doctorate .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Graham: Bengt Saltin. "Don't be sad it is over - be glad that it happened". In: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 39 (10), Oct 2014, pp. Iii-iv.
  2. ^ C. Williams: Professor Bengt Saltin (1935-2014): A personal tribute. In: J Sports Sci. Jan 6, 2015, pp. 1-2.
  3. ^ JH Mitchell, PB Raven: Bengt Saltin MD DSci (1935-2014), a tribute. In: Exp Physiol. 99 (12), 1 Dec 2014, 2014, pp. 1549–1551.
  4. ↑ C. Foster, S. Seiler, A. Coutts et al: Bengt Saltin - a role model for more than a generation of scientists. In: Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 9 (6), 2014, pp. 897-898.
  5. ↑ Was human plasma far ahead of everyone in doping? on: welt.de , April 6, 2009.
  6. ↑ Profesoriai Alfredas Riutenas ir Bengtas Saltinas inauguruoti LSU Garbe daktarais. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: kaunoaleja.lt , May 30, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kaunoaleja.lt
  7. ↑ Jens Bangsbo, Michael Kjær, Ylva Hellsten: Bengt Saltin (1935–2014). In: J Physiol. 592 (Pt 23), 1 Dec 2014, pp. 5149-5151.
personal data
SURNAME Saltin, Bengt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish physician, physiologist and anti-doping expert
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2014