Jos Hermens

Jos Hermens (actually: Josephus Maria Melchior Hermens, born January 8, 1950 in Nijmegen ) is a former Dutch long-distance runner, who has worked as a manager of athletes such as Haile Gebrselassie today.

Career as a track and field athlete

Jos Hermens successful career as an athlete began with the fourth over 3000 meters at the European Junior Championships in 1968 in Leipzig. Hermens 1972 Dutch champion in cross-country running. The European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome Hermens was again fourth but in the 5000-meter run. In 1975 he was again cross national champion. In the same year he put in hours of running with 20,907 meters a world record. The year 1976 he began again by winning the National Cross Championships. It was followed by another world record in the hours of operation ( 20,944 meters) and a 10th place at the Olympic Games in Montreal in the 10,000 meters. In the years 1977 and 1978 was again Hermens Dutch Cross champion.

Also many titles will be added on the track to this record of success.

Hermens world record in the hours of operation continued until 1991, when Arturo Barrios of Mexico surpassed him by 157 meters. However, the former world record -hour battery is still Dutch record.

Hermens finished his career in 1978.

Career as manager

After his career end Hermens worked as a representative of the sporting goods manufacturer Nike. In 1985, approached the Olympic champion Carlos Lopes on Hermens and asked him to convert hear after starting possibilities. Since this is also heard other athletes, Hermens soon had a group of take care of athletes.

His athletes also included Irina Priwalowa and for doping locked Amewu Mensah, Katrin Krabbe, Grit Breuer, Stephanie Graf, Sureyya Ayhan, Michelle Collins and Maurren Higa Maggi. Today cared Hermens athletes like Haile Gebrselassie, Nils Schumann or Kenenisa Bekele and operates the company Global Sports Communications. Hermens Gage is about 10% to 15 % of the starting and prize money of its athletes. He has been known that he was not burned his athletes as Much starters, but their footing well measured.

After evaluation of materials from the trial of the convicted in February 2006 for minor - doping coach Thomas Springstein Hermens has come under suspicion because of his contacts with the Spanish doping doctor Miguel Peraita ( invoices for treatments were exhibited at Hermens Name and Company ) central figure of an internationally operating doping fraud network to be. Hermens denies this.