Curriculum vitae

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The most important stepstones in Achims life: 

• Born on September, 25 in Wuppertal/Germany
• With 14 years he leaves school and enters „real life“
• Apprenticeship and first job experience in a freight forwarding company. It’s the trucks that caught him and he trades the office chair for the drivers seat.
• The street turns into home, professionaly in the truck, privately on a motorcycle. He loves the challenge of long distance, crazy itineraries like Wuppertal – Eiger north wall (Alps) for a coffee – Wuppertal – nonstop.
• With 34 he has a serious motorcycle accident. No severe injuries but fear and the uncomfortable feeling lead to a change in his life.
• 1983 moving to Mittenwald/Bavaria, leaving the motorcycle behind.
• 1984 a friend talks him into participating in a New Year’s Eve run. Untrained, running in a regular pullover and textile sneakers he finishes in the good mid field and starts running as a sport soon after.
• Nine month later his first  marathon in Berlin, finishes in 3:03h
• 1993 best marathon result: 2:29,26 h in Zurich
• moves to  Nürnberg/Bavaria
• 1990 first 100 km race in Hanau, Germany (7:46h)
• 1997 first 24 hour race
• 1998 first 48 hour race
• 1998 aross Italy from the Brenner to Trapani/Sicilia – 1.770 km in 16 days  8 hours  30 minutes
• 1999 around the island of Mallorca / Spain: 357 km in 46 hours 51 minutes
• 2000 German Champion in the 24 hour race
• 2000 across Europe from the North Cape to Trapani/Sicilia: 5.735 km in 55 days 6 hours 45 minutes
• 2001 record run trough Germany, from the lowest point 3,54 m below sea level to the highest point (Zugspitze) with 2.964 m elevation: 1.154,9 km in 6 days 21 hours 15 minutes = 4 marathons per day
• 2001 defends his title as German Champion in the 24 hour race
• 2002 1.000 mile race of Hamburg, 11 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes and 54 seconds make him the second fastest runner on this distance until today
• 2004 Yukon Artic Ultra Race – 300 miles at -42°C
• 2004 winner of the Six Days Run of Düsseldorf/Germany
• race across Australia from Perth to Sydney – 4.568 km in 43 days 13 hours and 8 minutes
• 2006 „10 times Ironman“ world champion in 9 days 19 hours 34 minutes and 43 seconds
• 2007 Badwater Ultra Race at 52°C, 217 km 33 hours 2 minutes and 43 seconds
• 2008 Ten-day-race of New York with 701 miles
• 2009 2nd crossing of europe from Bari to the north cape (4.500 km)
• 2009 „Trans Alpine“ run 240 km with 15.300 m elevation gain
• 2009 moving to Konstanz / Germany
• 2010 start of the preparation fort he project „Coast2Coastandback“