Dr Juan Manuel Alonso, MD PhD, is a Spanish-trained Sports & Exercise Medicine Consultant working for Aspetar Sports Medicine Department since May 2013. One of his current roles is the Clinical Lead for the Athletes Screening Service at Aspetar. He also leads the Aspetar Bone Stress Injury Multidisciplinary Group. Dr Alonso has vast experience in Track and Field Athletics and has attended seven Summer Olympic Games and eleven World Outdoor Athletics Championships. He has been the Medical Director of the Spanish Athletics Federation from 1996 to 2013. He has been the chair of the International Association of Athletics Federations Medical (IAAF) and Anti-Doping Commission from 2003 to 2015 with a global responsibility for anti-doping and improving athlete care for all 200 countries in the Athletics Federation. He has published multiple papers and several book chapters on sport injuries and illnesses in Athletics, impact of heat on sports, and bone stress injuries. He was Qatar Olympic Team Chief Medical Officer for Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Dr Alonso has a dilated expertise in Major Sport Event Medical Coverage co-ordination, having been the Medical Director of IAAF World Athletics Championships in Seville 1999 and Doha 2019.
Qualifications
- 2009: Complutensis University, Madrid, Spain Doctorate (PhD), Dissertation: “Track and Field Athletics Injuries Epidemiology”
- 2004: San Antonio Catholic University, Murcia, Spain, Master (MSc), Sports Trauma
- 2002: Sports Medicine Specialty (Cert. Sports Med.)
- 2004: Complutensis University, Madrid, Spain Master (MSc), Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- 1986: Complutensis University, Madrid, Spain Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (M.B., B.S.)
Career Achievements
- 2022: Lead of Aspetar Bone Stress Injuries Multidisciplinary Group
- 2020: Aspetar Athletes’ Screening Clinical Lead.
- 2019: Medical Director of IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.
- 2016: Qatar Olympic Team Chief Medical Officer for Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games
- 2015-2016: Acting Chief of Aspetar Sports Medicine Department
- 2003-2015: Chair of the IAAF Medical and Anti-doping Commission.
- 1996-2013: Head of Medical Department of Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
- 1998-2013: Member of the Spanish Olympic Committee Medical Commission.
- 2007 to present: Member of the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission Injury Study Group.
- 2009: Royal Spanish Order of Sports Merits bronze medal
- 1992-2016: Summer Olympic Games (7)
- 1997-2019: World IAAF Outdoors Championships (11)
- 1999: Medical Director of IAAF World Athletics Championships in Seville.
- Past British Journal of Sports Medicine Associated Editor
- Reviewer of several Sport Medicine Journals: British Journal of Sports Medicine, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.