NN Running Team
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 countries, including 50 men and 20 women.[4] Some of its most notable members are former marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, 5000m and 10000m world record holder Joshua Cheptegei, and half marathon world record holder Letesenbet Gidey.[5][6][7][8] Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):[9]
- 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
[edit | edit source]As of 2025, NN Running Team members included:[10]
- Men
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)- Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN)
Abdi Nageeye (NLD)
Birhanu Legese (ETH)
Marc Scott (GBR)- Victor Kiplangat (UGA)
- Mohamed Esa (ETH)
- Daniel Mateiko (KEN)
Maru Teferi (ISR)
- Women
- Almaz Ayana (ETH)[11]
- Degitu Azimeraw (ETH)
- Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
- Letesenbet Gidey (ETH)
- Lonah Salpeter (ISR)
- Nienke Brinkman (NED)
- Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH)
- Sally Chepyego (KEN)
Training camps
[edit | edit source]NN Running operates training camps in the following locations.[12]
- Kaptagat, Kenya
- Iten, Kenya
- Kapkitony, Kenya
- Keringet, Kenya
- Kapchorwa, Uganda
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Sendafa, Ethiopia
- Asmara, Eritrea
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Sponsorship
[edit | edit source]The running team's title sponsor is NN Group.[13][14] Other corporate sponsors include Nike, Ineos, and Abbott Laboratories.[15]
References
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External links
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