Our Team
All of our coaches have undergone science-based training. In addition, we have all practiced a variety of sports ourselves and are therefore very familiar with the lifestyle of athletes, which helps us to ideally adapt our recommendations to the everyday challenges of athletes.
“Nutrition
coaching is
much more than
just creating
macro splits”
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide athletes with the best possible support in achieving their goals with our science-based coaching approach and our practical experience as athletes and coaches.
With lectures, workshops and online learning materials, we want to bring the knowledge of athletes and coaches up to the latest scientific standards.
Philosophy
athlEATcoach stands for scientific facts. We want to communicate these in an understandable way to athletes and other interested parties from the sport, thereby clearing up nutritional myths. We deliberately do not cooperate with companies that sell products because we want to analyze and advise independently and objectively. Only in this way can we maintain our self-imposed high quality standard.
Jörn Utermann
Founder of athlEATcoach
After completing his bachelor’s degree in nutritional science, he specialized in the nutritional needs of athletes with the IOC Diploma and a master’s degree in sports nutrition.
Jörn has participated in competitions in handball, tennis, wrestling and CrossFit, among others, and also has several years of experience in MMA and bouldering. In the meantime, he has to take it easy when it comes to sports due to some injuries and instead scours science journals for the latest findings in order to provide his coaches and customers with the best information.
Vici Birnbaum
Expert for Youth Athletes & Female Athletes
Is a trained dietitian and advises, among other things, athletes at the Olympic base in Leipzig, where she mainly works with martial artists, swimmers and triathletes. However, Vici also regularly works with team athletes, such as soccer players & volleyball players. In addition, she is very interested in the influence of nutrition on the health and well-being of female athletes.
She has been with Team athlEATcoach since 2020, and has been passionately doing strength training and CrossFit since 2019 – a hobby that should not be neglected even on vacation!
Lucas Ille
Our Expert for Team Athletes
Since he was a little boy in the sports hall and the fascination of handball never let him go, he has played this sport at a high level for over 20 years. But skiing has also been a firm part of his repertoire of sports for many years, as has weight training in recent years.
In his bachelor’s degree in sports science and therapy, Lucas quickly noticed that the complex relationships in human nutrition interested him just as much as the relationships between training and human physiology. He was able to get behind this in his master’s degree Sport and Nutrition look, understand them and ultimately apply them in practice.
Lucas has been with Team athlEATcoach since 2022 mainly coaches ball players and people who want to lose weight or build muscle mass effectively in nutrition coaching. However, he has also gained experience in coaching triathletes and powerlifters – a true all-rounder.
Mario Franz
Our Expert for Master Athletes
Has been with Team athlEATcoach since 2020, and is our expert when it comes to ambitious endurance athletes and functional fitness sports such as CrossFit and Hyrox. Mario has been completing triathlons for more than 15 years and has successfully completed all distances: from sprint triathlons to Ironman. In addition, Mario has been doing CrossFit since 2020 and has repeatedly achieved top placements at Hyrox competitions.
Since successfully graduating as a nutrition coach (“Evidence-Based-Nutrition-Specialist” from Rawo), he has supported triathletes in optimizing their performance and advised amateur athletes on reducing body fat.
Joshua Dissemond
Our Expert for Strength Athletes & Martial Artists
Has been doing strength and martial arts since his youth and can incorporate his personal experiences into coaching accordingly. Joshua is in the process of completing his master’s degree in ‘Training Science & Sports Nutrition‘ and has been part of the Team athlEATcoach since 2022. He has also been able to publish an article in a renowned scientific journal, making good use of his good planning and eye for detail in his work with our weight class athletes.
Kathrin Thorn
Our Expert for Vegan Nutrition
Our up-and-coming talent for recreational and strength athletes. Kathrin is currently in the process of completing her master’s degree in nutritional science. It was clear to her early on: she wants to work with athletes! That’s why she has been 100% committed to sports nutrition, both during her studies and in her free time, and has continued her education in this area. She loves to cook and has already created many super delicious recipes for us. Fresh in the Team athlEATcoach, Kathrin brings a lot of enthusiasm and motivation, but also a lot of know-how to individually support every athlete and achieve their personal goals together .