DSM-Firmenich Running Team explained

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.^[1] The previous title sponsor was the Dutch insurance company NN Group and was called "NN Running Team" at its inception.^[2] The running team includes some of the most accomplished distance runners in the world, including many Olympians.^[3] One of dsm-firmenich Running Team's training camps is located in Kaptagat, Kenya.^[4]

As of January 2023, the team consisted of over 70 athletes from eight countries, including 50 men and 20 women.^[5] 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.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):^[10]

• 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:^[11]

Men

Women

• ^[12]

Training camps

NN Running operates training camps in the following locations.^[13]

• 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,^[1] who remain a sponsor of the team.Other corporate sponsors include Nike, Huawei, and Abbott Laboratories.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 5, 2026 . NN Running Team becomes dsm-Firmenich Running Team . http://web.archive.org/web/20260105160653/https://www.dsm-firmenichrunningteam.com/news/2026-01-05t1400-nn-running-team-becomes-dsm-firmenich-running-team/ . January 5, 2026.
2. Web site: October 4, 2022 . Who is NN Running Team . http://web.archive.org/web/20260101074501/https://www.nnrunningteam.com/about/ . January 1, 2026.
3. Web site: Successful Olympic Games for Global Sports Communications. Athletics Illustrated. Christopher. Keisall. August 21, 2016.
4. https://www.dsm-firmenichrunningteam.com/team/ dsm-firmenich Running Team members
5. Web site: Kelsall . Christopher . 19 January 2023 . NN Running Team announces three new athletes and new goals . 21 January 2023 . Athletics Illustrated . en-CA.
6. https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/fabulous-fall-beckons-for-kipchoge-and-nn-running-team/ Fabulous fall beckons for Kipchoge and NN Running Team
7. Web site: Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin with stunning 2:01:39. International Association of Athletics Federations.
8. Web site: Joshua Cheptegei Profile . September 24, 2025 . World Athletics.
9. Web site: Letesenbet Gidey Profile . September 24, 2025 . World Athletics.
10. Web site: 2022-04-07 . 7 hoogtepunten uit 5 jaar NN Running Team . 2022-11-04 . . nl.
11. Web site: NN Running Team: Team . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220916052427/https://www.nnrunningteam.com/team/ . 2022-09-16 . 2022-09-16 . NN Running Team.
12. Web site: 2022-09-09 . Former Olympic 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana joins the NN Running Team . 2022-09-16 . NN Running Team . en.
13. Web site: The NN Running Team’s Training Bases Explained . NN Running Team . 2017-11-08 . 2022-12-07.
14. Web site: About / dsm-firmenich Running Team . dsm-firmenich Running Team . 2026-01-20.