Speed & Hurdles Coach
Tim Eikermann
FromGER 🇩🇪
LicenceB → A
110mH13.49
Titles2× DM
Twenty years in spikes, ten hurdles at a time — from a kids' group in Duisburg to the German title and the European Championships. Now I'm on the other side of the barrier, coaching speed and hurdles. The promise stays the same: attack the next hurdle.
The Mission
A hurdle is not
an obstacle.
It's an invitation.
I wasn't the kid who won everything. I started at six, tried every discipline my club had to offer, and grew into the hurdles step by step — age group by age group, tenth by tenth. Nobody handed me a fast time. I built mine.
That's exactly how I coach. Talent opens the door — patience, technique and rhythm carry you through it. Now I pass that on from the infield instead of the lane, because the hurdles teach every athlete the same lesson: the barrier in front of you is not the problem. Hesitating in front of it is.
— TimCoach Profile
- Name
- Tim Eikermann
- Role
- Speed & Hurdles Coach · State federation
- Licences
- B-Licence (completed) · A-Licence (in progress)
- Nationality
- German 🇩🇪
- Athlete record
- 2× German Indoor Champion (60m hurdles) · European Championships semifinalist, Rome · European Indoor Championships, Istanbul · U20 European Championships, Borås
- Personal bests
- 13.49 — 110m hurdles · 7.63 — 60m hurdles
- Clubs
- Eintracht Duisburg · TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Coaching
Your next level.
Starts here.
Sprint and hurdle coaching.
Experience from the track,
applied to your progress.
Speed
Build acceleration. Find your top speed.
Hurdle technique
Move efficiently over every hurdle.
Rhythm
Connect the steps between the barriers.
Development
Make progress, session by session.
From the lane to the infield.
B-Licence Completed/ A-Licence In progress
The Race
Ten hurdles.
One career.
Between the gun and the line of a 110m hurdles race stand exactly ten barriers. Walk the lane — nine chapters as an athlete, the tenth as a coach.
GunFinish
U8First start
Hurdle 01 / 10 — 2006
Eintracht Duisburg
Six years old, first training group. Sprints, jumps, throws — twelve years of learning every corner of the sport.
The line is never the end — the next race belongs to the athletes he coaches.
The Journey
Duisburg kid.
National kit.
Coach.
From a six-year-old in a club kids' group to the European Championships semifinal and on to the infield — seven chapters of a story that isn't finished yet.
Swipe or drag
01Ch. 01 — Duisburg
Where it all started.
Eintracht Duisburg, the under-8 group, a six-year-old trying everything the club has to offer — sprints, long jump, shot put, combined events. Twelve years of growing through every age group, capped by a first ticket to the German Championships in Lübeck.
“I fell in love with the whole sport first. The hurdles picked me later.”
02Ch. 02 — The Switch
Ten barriers, one calling.
In 2017 the hurdles take over. One season of full commitment later, Tim drops from 14.70 to 14.03, finishes fourth at the German U20 Championships and pulls on the national kit for the first time at the U20 international in Berlin.
“The first time I wore the national kit, I knew there was no way back.”
03Ch. 03 — The Move
Leverkusen. The next level.
Duisburg can take him no further, so Tim moves to TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen — for his studies and for the sport. The reward comes fast: indoor bronze and a 7.78 PB, a first U20 European Championships in Borås, a first time under 14 seconds and silver over the senior hurdles at the U23 nationals.
“I packed my spikes for Leverkusen and the sport suddenly got serious.”
04Ch. 04 — The Standstill
When the clock stops moving.
A breakout indoor winter — under 8 seconds on the senior hurdles and surprise bronze at the German Indoor Championships in Leipzig — then Corona freezes the world. Eighteen months of stagnation follow. Tim keeps showing up anyway, and in 2021 breaks 14 seconds on the senior hurdles for the first time.
“For two years the times barely moved. Quitting never crossed my mind.”
05Ch. 05 — The Reunion
Back with the coach who saw it first.
Frank Bartschat scouted Tim at fourteen, long before fast times existed. In 2023 he takes over the group — and everything clicks: 7.63 indoors, the German title, a first call-up to the senior national team and a first major championship at the European Indoors in Istanbul.
“Frank believed in me before there was anything to believe in.”
06Ch. 06 — The Fast Lane
13.49 — and hungry for more.
A second German indoor title. A 13.61 personal best in front of the home crowd in Leverkusen. Two composed rounds at the European Championships in Rome and a semifinal spot. Two weeks later, a lifetime best of 13.49 in Liège — with the Olympic ranking within reach. The next barrier is already waiting.
“The clock doesn’t lie. That’s exactly why I love it.”
07Ch. 07 — The Other Side
Same lane. New role.
The spikes come off, the stopwatch comes out. After twenty years on the track, Tim moves to the other side of the hurdle: B-licence completed, A-licence under way, coaching sprinters and hurdlers in the state federation. Every cue he gives comes straight from his own races.
“Twenty years of learning the hurdles. Now it’s my turn to teach them.”
Behind the Scenes
The person
behind the stopwatch.
Early sessions on an empty track, hurdles set up by hand, long bus rides to competitions and a training group that feels like family. Honest and up close — this is the sport from the inside, on both sides of the hurdle.
Patience
Twenty years in the sport. The tenths come to those who keep showing up.
Belief
His own coach saw it in him at fourteen, long before the fast times. Every athlete deserves that.
Gratitude
For the coaches who saw it early and every training partner who pushed the pace — now paid forward.
AttackLead knee first. Attack the hurdle, never jump it.
Indoor60 metres, five hurdles, no room for error.
SpeedBetween the barriers, a flat-out sprint.
Team GERThe eagle on the chest — the standard he coaches toward.
The GroupAn individual sport, built by a team.
EmotionNothing beats the moment the clock shows a new best.
Contact
Let's clear the
next hurdle together
Tim's team responds within 48 hours.