1997 Citation Award from American College of Sports Medicine
1998 Honor Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine
2000 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Blaise Pascal, France
2003 Honorary Member of the Belgian-Flemish Society of Sports Medicine
2003 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Sport Science Society
2003 Honorary Member of the Israel Sports Medicine Society
2005 Honorary Doctorate from Brock University, Ontario, Canada
2005 Honor Award from Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
2008 Honorary Doctorate from Jozef Pilsudski Academy of Physical Education, Poland