NN Running Team

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
File:Geoffrey-Kamworor-Copenhagen-Half-WR-credit-NN-Running-Team.jpg
Geoffrey Kamworor of NN Running Team in 2019. Since its inception, members of the team set 16 world records and won 203 races including 13 World Marathon Majors (March 2022).

NN Running Team is a professional running team based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 2017 by Jos Hermens, the director of Global Sports Communication. The team's title sponsor is the Dutch insurance company NN Group.[1] The running team includes some of the most accomplished distance runners in the world, including many Olympians.[2] One of NN Running Team's training camps is located in Kaptagat, Kenya.[3]

As of January 2023, the team consisted of over 70 athletes from eight different countries, including 50 men and 20 women.[4] Some of its most notable members are: marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and multiple world record holder Letesenbet Gidey.[5][6] Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):[7]

  • 203 road race wins,
  • 16 world records,
  • 4 European records,
  • 29 national records,
  • 10 World Cup and Olympic Games medals,
  • 13 World Marathon Majors victories,
  • 14 silver/bronze medals in World Marathon Majors,
  • 32 podium finishes in major (but not World Major) city marathons (Amsterdam, Valencia, Rotterdam, Paris, Hamburg).

Members

As of 2022 NN Running Team members included:[8]

Men
Women

Training camps

NN Running operates training camps in the following locations.[10]

Sponsorship

The running team's title sponsor is NN Group.[11][12] Other corporate sponsors include Nike, Ineos, and Abbott Laboratories.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ NN Running Team members Archived 2019-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. January 24th, 2018 by Tim Huebsch. Canadian Running Magazine.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Fabulous fall beckons for Kipchoge and NN Running Team. Runner's Tribe.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=NN_Running_Team&oldid=726780573"