Jos Hermens

Josephus ("Jos") Maria Melchior Hermens (born January 8 1950 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a former Dutch long-distance runner, known for his latter career as a sports manager. Hermens was a 10.000 metres finalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics; he set the world record for the hour run the same year.cite web| url=http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=4738&c=134| title=Jos Hermens: The Athlete's Agent| last=Gains| first= Paul| year=2005| publisher="Running Times Magazine"]

Hermens is a three-time national champion in the men's 5.000 metres, and collected his first title on 1973-07-14 in The Hague. cite web|url=http://www.arrs.net/NC_O5KNED.htm| title="ARRS website"] . He was named Dutch Sportsman of the Year in 1975.

After his athletic career was cut short by injuries, Hermens worked for Nike, leaving it in 1985 to start his management company, Global Sports Communications. As of 2005, Hermens' company managed more than 120 athletes; his current and former clients include Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Gabriela Szabo, Nils Schumann and Hezekiel Sepeng [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=27393/index.html] .

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