Global Sports Communication (GSC) is a

sports management Sport management is the field of business dealing with sports and recreation. Sports management involves any combination of skills that correspond with planning, organizing, directing, controlling, budgeting, leading, or evaluating of any organiza ...

company based in

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It primarily manages elite track-and-field athletes and distance runners, specializing in sprint events, middle-distance events, field events, and road races including the marathon. The company is currently managed by former Dutch Olympian

Jos Hermens Josephus Maria Melchior Hermens (born 8 January 1950) is a former Dutch long-distance runner. Subsequently, he also became well known for his later career as a sports manager as the founder and CEO of Global Sports Communication, which manage ...

. Some of the most notable athletes that GSC manages include

Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, 2016 and Athletics at th ...

Geoffrey Kamworor Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (born 22 November 1992) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Kamworor claimed victories at the World Half Marathon Ch ...

Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (; ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian Long-distance running, long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000 metres, 5,000-metre and 10000 metres, 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the go ...

, and

Almaz Ayana Almaz Ayana Eba (; , born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Almaz is a four-time World Athletics Championships medallist ...

History

Global Sports Communication was founded by sports manager and Dutch Olympian

in 1985. Hermens set two world records in the 1970s, and was a member of the 1972 and 1976 Dutch Olympic teams. Hermens founded the company from his small apartment in the Netherlands after learning about sports management from working at Nike in the 1980s. Afterwards, it has grown to represent many of the world's best and most famous runners, including many Olympians. Athletes represented by Global Sports Communication have won over 90 medals at the Olympic Games.

Athletes

Prominent

track-and-field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a ...

athletes, including many Olympians, who were or are currently being managed by Global Sports Communication are: * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (sprints) * (sprints) * (shot put) * (jumps) Newer athletes, some with high potential as future Olympians, include: * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (long distance) * (middle distance) * (sprints) * (sprints) * (pole vault) * (pole vault) * (high jump)

NN Running Team

Global Sports Communication currently manages NN Running Team, an elite running team that includes some of the world's most famous runners.New Dutch team’s marathon assault
''The Nation''. Elias Makori, September 17, 2017. The team has a high-altitude training camp in

Kaptagat Kaptagat is a settlement in Uasin Gishu County, in the southwestern part of Kenya. This part of the country, where the two counties of Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet County share a border, is used by the majority of Kenyan professional long-d ...

, Kenya.

References

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External links

Global Sports Communication official website
Sports management companies