DSM-Firmenich Running Team
The DSM-Firmenich 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. Since 2026, the team's title sponsor is the Dutch/Swiss biotech and chemical company DSM-Firmenich. The previous title sponsor was the Dutch insurance company NN Group and was called "NN Running Team" at its inception. The running team includes some of the most accomplished distance runners in the world, including many Olympians. One of dsm-firmenich Running Team's training camps is located in Kaptagat, Kenya.
As of January 2023, the team consisted of over 70 athletes from eight countries, including 50 men and 20 women. 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. Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):
- 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 2025, NN Running Team members included:
- 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)
- Degitu Azimeraw (ETH)
- Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
- Letesenbet Gidey (ETH)
- Lonah Salpeter (ISR)
- Nienke Brinkman (NED)
- Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH)
- Sally Chepyego (KEN)
Training camps
NN Running operates training camps in the following locations.
- Kaptagat, Kenya
- Iten, Kenya
- Kapkitony, Kenya
- Keringet, Kenya
- Kapchorwa, Uganda
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Sendafa, Ethiopia
- Asmara, Eritrea
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Sponsorship
The running team's title sponsor is DSM-Firmenich. The title sponsorship was transferred from NN Group in January 2026, who remain a sponsor of the team. Other corporate sponsors include Nike, Huawei, and Abbott Laboratories.
References
- 1 2 "NN Running Team becomes dsm-Firmenich Running Team". January 5, 2026. Archived from the original on January 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Who is NN Running Team". October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2026.
- ↑ Keisall, Christopher (August 21, 2016). "Successful Olympic Games for Global Sports Communications". Athletics Illustrated.
- ↑ dsm-firmenich Running Team members Archived 2019-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. January 24th, 2018 by Tim Huebsch. Canadian Running Magazine.
- ↑ Kelsall, Christopher (19 January 2023). "NN Running Team announces three new athletes and new goals". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ↑ Fabulous fall beckons for Kipchoge and NN Running Team. Runner's Tribe.
- ↑ "Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin with stunning 2:01:39". International Association of Athletics Federations.
- ↑ "Joshua Cheptegei | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Letesenbet Gidey | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
- ↑ "7 hoogtepunten uit 5 jaar NN Running Team". Runner's World (in Dutch). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ↑ "NN Running Team: Team". NN Running Team. Archived from the original on 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ↑ "Former Olympic 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana joins the NN Running Team". NN Running Team. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ↑ "The NN Running Team's Training Bases Explained". NN Running Team. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ↑ "About / dsm-firmenich Running Team". dsm-firmenich Running Team. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
