Hermann Achmüller
Hermann Achmüller (born February 17, 1971 in Bruneck ) is an Italian long-distance runner and currently one of the most successful South Tyrolean athletes.
Career
He became known to the public for his services as a pacemaker for elite runners at the Berlin Marathon , where he won Naoko Takahashi for the women's world record at the time (2:19:42 h) in 2001 , Yōko Shibui for the Japanese record (2:19:39 h) in 2014 and in 2015 accompanied Anna Hahner on her runs in the German capital.
In 2004 he and his compatriot Reinhard Harrasser won the South Tyrol Marathon in 2:19:26 hours. The following year, he introduced with a 25th place in the London Marathon his personal marathon -Bestzeit of 2:18:56 h and won the Munich Marathon , after he had made there in the tempo for the also victorious Harrasser.
2005 winner of the Munich Marathon
In 2006 he won the half marathon competition at the Vienna City Marathon .
In 2007 he was runner-up in the Jungfrau Marathon at the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge , only beaten by Jonathan Wyatt , who won his sixth world title. Just two weeks later, he won the Verona half marathon.
In 2008 he achieved the greatest success of his career to date with victory at the 16th Jungfrau Marathon. With his 2:19:42 in the Berlin Marathon only 3 weeks later, he again underlined his excellent form.
In 2009 he was again active as a pacemaker and led Andrea Mayr to the Austrian record (2:30:42) at her marathon premiere. At the Jungfrau Marathon, he came fourth this year.
In 2010 he finished second in the Munich Marathon, fifth in the Treviso Marathon and fifth in the Jungfrau Marathon and won the premiere of the Brixen Marathon . In 2011 and 2012 he was again on the list of winners of the Brixen Marathon.
In 2011 he was runner-up in the Big Sur Marathon in California and won the "Boston 2 Big Sur" classification in the Boston and Big Sur marathons.
In 2013 he made his debut as an ultra runner in the traditional “100km del Passatore” from Florence to Faenza, with 6:58:01 and 3rd place overall, he immediately improved the 30-year-old South Tyrolean national record. In 2014 he led the traditional race up to km 94 but was caught by the 3-time world champion Giorgio Calcaterra shortly before the finish and finished the race in 2nd place.
At the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, he experienced the blackest day of his career. Two bomb attacks were carried out at the Boston Marathon . Three people were killed and over 260 people were injured, some seriously.
In 2014, after the 2nd place in the "100km del Passatore", the first call-up to the Italian Ultra-Marathon National Team took place. For which he made his debut at the World Cup in Doha with his 24th place.
In 2015 he won the vice world champion title with the Italian team at the 100km World Championships in Winschoten.
In 2016 the "cento km seregno" achieved the first victory in a 100km race.
In 2017, to mark his 20th anniversary, he will run all 6 World Marathon Majors (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York) in one year.
In 2018, the Bieler Lauftage won the 100km distance.
His six victories and three second places at the Reschensee run , South Tyrol's largest running event, earned him the name “King of Reschensee”.
Web links
- Hermann Achmüller's blog
- “I am a real South Tyrolean” , article on Sport-Heute, February 4, 2010
Footnotes
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Münchner Medienmarathon - The moving city . October 9, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Achmüller, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian long-distance runner (South Tyrol) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brunico |