FRANCIS HOLWAY

Santa Fe 2656, apt 6th B,

Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina

Phone: +54 (11) 4822-9436 Email: fholway@hotmail.com

Date of birth: August 29th, 1964 Nationality: Argentina

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

1997 – 1999 San Jose State University, California, USA

MSc Nutritional Science
with emphasis on Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Biostatistics and
Kinanthropometry

1982 - 1986 Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA

BA Economics

FURTHER EDUCATION

2012 Cornell University, New York, USA

Plant-based nutrition e-course

2007 International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry

(ISAK)
Level 4 Criterion Anthropometrist

2001 – 2007 Instituto de Metodología, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biostatistics, Research Methodology, Bibliography Searches

2005 – 2007 Caycit-Conicet, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SPSS, Medcalc, Epidata statistics software

2002 Australian Institute of Sport, Belconnen, Australia

Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) qualification

1996 Instituto de Medicina Deportiva, La Habana, Cuba

Post-graduate courses in Sports Nutrition, Ergogenic Aids and
Supplements, Biochemistry, Kinanthropometry

WORK EXPERIENCE

2002 - 2014 Club Atlético River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Professional soccer team dietitian; Supervisor for nutrition and growth
program in youth team divisions; In charge of nutrition, hydration,
supplement programs and body composition assessment in Swimming,
Handball, Basketball, Futsal, and Female Field Hockey teams;
Organization of Sports Medicine congresses and seminars; Individual
nutrition consultation service to local community.

1999 – date Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Individual nutrition consulting for elite, professional and recreational
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 athletes in track and field, swimming, gymnastics, rowing, yatching,
tennis, boxing, judo, wrestling, triathlon, cycling, Olympic weightlifting,
bodybuilding, polo, soccer, rugby, field hockey, volleyball, basketball,
handball, softball.

1999 – date Team consultation service

Nutrition and anthropometric evaluations in teams in soccer in Argentina
and overseas (2009 youth divisions, Chivas de Guadalajara, Mexico),
rugby (several teams in Argentina), ice-hockey (2008 Chicago
Blackhawks; Chicago Ice-Hogs; 2012 Hybrid Skating Ice-hockey camp,
Wisconsin, USA), Argentine national selections (olympic weightlifting,
male handball, softball, female volleyball, youth male field-hockey), and
Olympic sports; Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (Mexico City, Mexico
2011); 2013 Colombian Olympic Committee; 2014 Cerro Porteño
(Paraguay) professional soccer.

1999 – date Large-scale sports and public health projects participation

Roller hockey World Cup (San Juan, Argentina 1999), OZ2000
Rowing/canoe/kayak project (Sydney Olympic Games, 2000), Juegos
Deportivos Juveniles (Barquisimeto, Venezuela 2001), Proyecto
Quisqueya (Dominican Republic), Proyecto Deporte Social (Buenos Aires,
Argentina 2004-6),

2000 – date ISAK Anthropometry Instructor

Taught over 100 anthropometry certification courses in Argentina,
Sweden (Riksidrotts Förbundet, Bosön, Stockholm), USA (Colorado
Springs Olympic Center, Colorado; Chula Vista, California), Spain (Real
Madrid, Madrid, Unviersidad de Zaragoza, Universidad de Granada, INEFC
Barcelona), Qatar (Aspire Academy), Brazil (Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande do Sul, Universidade Unisinos, Universidad Gama Filho,
Universidade Federal do Estado de Sao Paulo), Mexico (Federación
Mexicana de Fútbol), Puerto Rico (Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico),
Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile.

2000 – date International Sports Nutrition Lecturer

Conferences, courses and workshops in several countries; highlights
include: 2013 INEF Barcelona, Spain “Nutrition for Soccer”; 2012 Bosön,
Sweden “Nutrition for soccer”; 2012 CONBRAN (Recife, Brazil) “Update in
protein requirements for athletes”; 2010 Lausanne, Switzerland IOC
Sports Nutrition Consensus Conference (assigned the topic of “Nutrition
for Team Sports”); 2007 SCAN-American Dietetic Association (Austin,
Texas) “Nutrition for soccer: from theory to practice”; 2007 American
College of Sports Medicine (New Orleans, Louisiana) “Body composition
as a biomarker for energy balance”; 2006 Gatorade Sports Science
Institute (Baveno, Italy) “Challenges for optimizing the nutrition of soccer
players”.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

2015 Aritz Urdampilleta, Juan Mielgo-Ayuso, Jara Valtueña, Francis Holway,

Alfredo Cordova (2015) Body composition and somatotype of
professional and U23 hand Basque pelota players. Nutr Hosp.
2015;32(5):2208-2215

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2013 Jorquera Aguilera, C, Rodriguez Rodriguez, F, Torrealba Vieira, MI,
Campos Serrano, J, Gracia Leiva, N & Holway, F (2013) Características
antropométricas de futbolistas profesionales chilenos. Int J
Morphol 31(2):609-614.

2012 Holway, FE and Guerci, G (2012) Predictive ability of anthropometry

and maturation parameters on rowing ergometer performance in
inexperienced adolescents. Apunts Medicina de L’Esport 47(175):99-
104.

2011 Holway, FE and Spriet, LL (2011) Sport-specific nutrition: Practical

strategies for team sports. Journal of Sport Sciences 29 Suppl 1:S115-
25.

Holway, FE and Seara, M (2011) Kinanthropometry of world

champion junior male field hockey players. Apunts Medicina de
L’Esport 46(172):163-168.

Holway, FE, Biondi, B, Cámera, C and Gioia, F (2011) Ingesta

nutricional en jugadores adolescents de fútbol de elite en
Argentina. Apunts Medicina de L’Esport 46(170):55-63.

2009 Holway, FE and Garavaglia, R (2009) Kinanthropometry of Group I

rugby players in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Journal of Sport Sciences
27(11):1211-1220.

Rodriguez-Bies, EC, Holway, FE, González Jurado, JA, Saravia, F,

Rodriguez Baños, A and Berral de la Rosa, FJ (2009) Impedancia
bioeléctrica como método para estimar cambios en los fluidos
corporales en remeros. Archivos de Medicina del Deporte 134:421-
429.

BOOK CHAPTERS

2014 Holway, FE (2014). Team Sports. In (Ron Maughan, editor) The

Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, an IOC Medical Commission
Publication: Nutrition for Sport. London, Blackwell Scientific.

2010 Holway, FE. Composición corporal en nutrición deportiva. In (Celia

Peniche Zeevaert & Beatriz Boullosa, editors) Nutrición Aplicada al
Deporte. México, McGraw-Hill.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2013 Holway, FE (2013) ¿Cómo comen los jugadores de rugby de Buenos

Aires? http://g-se.com/es/entrenamiento-en-rugby/blog/como-comen-los-
jugadores-de-rugby-en-buenos-aires accessed February 21st, 2015.

2010 Holway, FE (2010) Challenges for optimizing the nutrition of

soccer players. http://es.scribd.com/doc/25529721/Challenges-for-
Optimizing-the-Nutrition-of-Soccer-Players accessed December 18th,
2012.

2009 Holway, FE, Miguez, JF, Pudelka, M and Pastor M (2009)

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 Características morfológicas de jugadoras de hockey de elite
argentinas. http://www.sportsalut.com.ar/PREMIO%20I%20Jugadoras
%20de%20hockey%20argentinas%5B1%5D...pdf accessed December
18th, 2012.

2007 Holway, FE (2007) La nutrición para los arqueros.

http://www.arquerosenred.com.ar/articulo_detalle.asp?id_titulo=493
accessed December 18th, 2012.

2005 Holway, FE (2005) Datos de referencia antropométricos para el

trabajo en ciencias de la salud: las tablas “Argo-ref”.
http://www.nutrinfo.com/pagina/info/argoref.pdf accessed December
18th, 2012.

2003 Holway, FE (2003) Estrategias nutricionales para el incremento de

la masa muscular.
http://sharkfitness.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/estrategias-nutricionales-
para-el-incremento-de-la-masa-muscular/ accessed December 18th, 2012.

2002 Holway, FE (2002) La composición corporal; mitos y presunciones

científicas. http://www.nutrinfo.com/pagina/info/cocorp1.html accessed
December 18th, 2012.

BOOK and PRESS APPEARENCES

2013 The Sports Gene. Inside the science of extraordinary athletic

performance. David Epstein (Penguin Publishers, NY)

2008 In a sea of similar body types, nonconformists can succeed. New

York Times, New York, USA.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/sports/olympics/20bodies.html?
pagewanted=print&_r=0 accessed December 18th, 2012.

2002 La dieta del gol. Diario Olé, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

http://old.ole.com.ar/diario/2002/06/27/c-408178.htm accessed
December 18th, 2012.

SOFTWARE-SPREADSHEET DEVELOPMENT

2000 Holway, F. E. (2000). AntropoS2 (Version 2.0) anthropometry and

body composition software. http://www.g-
se.com/i/1982/antropos2/ accessed December 18 , 2012.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES

2002 - date Design and development of anthropometric equipment (low-cost skinfold

calipers, small bone-breadth spreading calipers, segmometer).

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Skills teaching, teamwork, leadership, people management, problem solving,

critical thinking, technical writing, and languages

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Languages English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, some German