About us
Born from the pursuit of perfect pace.
Wavelight started with a simple belief from athletics itself: when pace becomes visible, athletes can perform with more confidence, precision and ambition.
Jos Hermens
Founder
The Wavelight story
A world-record idea, rebuilt for modern athletics.
In 1976, Jos Hermens attacked the one-hour world record. To control a perfectly even pace, he used two lights: one at the start and finish, and one halfway around the track.
Two volunteers manually switched on the lights every 68.5 seconds for 52.5 laps. With that visual rhythm, Jos broke the world record with a distance of 20 kilometers and 944 meters.
After his professional career, Jos founded Global Sports Communication, the athlete management agency behind many of the sport's greats, including Eliud Kipchoge, Sifan Hassan, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and Faith Kipyegon.
Together with Bram Som, former European 800 meter champion and renowned Diamond League pacemaker, he returned to that original idea. Wavelight Technologies was created to bring a digital pacing system to races and training sessions at every level.
1976
the first light-guided pacing idea
20,944m
one-hour world record distance
68.5s
manual light rhythm per lap
Our team
Built by people who know the track from the inside.
Wavelight combines athletics experience, event operation and technical development. That mix keeps the product practical: precise enough for world-class racing, but clear and reliable enough for everyday training.
- Athletics knowledge from racing, coaching and event operation.
- Practical engineering for tracks, stadiums and temporary venues.
- Support from planning through installation, testing and race day.
Light Up Your Run
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