History of ChampionChip
It all started in November 1993. Together with friends
and a team of students, a board member of the 'Seven
Hills Run' (a Dutch running event in Nijmegen) held
a successful test with a new automatic timing and registration
technology for running events. This new technology was
based upon TIRIS transponder technology. The test was
a result of the wish to provide runners with accurate
timing and registration, keeping in mind the constantly
growing number of participants in the 'Seven Hills Run'.
Because the members of the board were dissatisfied
with the clumsiness and poor specifications of existing
systems, they decided to start their own research and
development. During the development of a professional
system, foreign interest prompted a quick introduction.
Within a year the now named ChampionChip System was
introduced and successfully applied in the famous Berlin
Marathon in 1994. Presently the ChampionChip System
is used in all the big city marathons, Ironman triathlons
and thousands of other events around the world, with
proven superior performance.
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