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NN Running Team
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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]

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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).

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: 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).
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Members

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Maru Teferi
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Abel Kirui

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

Men
Women
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Lonah Salpeter
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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

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