Daniel Komen

Daniel Komen
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  Kenya
World Championships
Gold 1997 Athens 5,000 m

Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born May 17, 1976 in Elgeyo-Marakwet District, Kenya)[1] is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, Komen's most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records.[2] Komen's 1998 indoor and 1996 outdoor records for 3,000m still stand, and he remains the only man to run back-to-back sub-four-minute miles.[2] Komen was also also the second man, after Saïd Aouita, to break both the 13-minute mark for the 5,000m and the 3½-minute mark for the 1,500m.[citation needed]

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Early life

Komen is from the Keiyo sub-tribe of Kalenjin people and grew up in a rural area of Kenya's Rift Valley Province.[2] One of fourteen children,[3] Komen began running at the age of seven as a means of getting to and from school.[2] Komen had an exceptional junior career: at age 17, he placed second at the World Junior Cross Country Championships, and in 1994, he became the World Junior Champion in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters.

Rise to prominence

Komen first appeared in the senior ranks in 1994 when he won a place on Kenya's 10,000m team for the 1994 Commonwealth Games, later that same year helping pace Moses Kiptanui to a 5,000m record.[4]

Two years later, Komen began to dominate the 5,000m.[5] On September 1, 1996 in Rieti, Italy, Komen ran a spectacular world record time of 7:20.67 in the 3000 metres, breaking Noureddine Morceli's former record by 4.44 seconds.

A year later, Komen made history again. In Hechtel, Belgium, Komen became the first (and so far only) man to run two miles in under eight minutes, clocking a world record 7:58.61.[6] Just seven months later, at an Australian athletics meet in Sydney, Komen ran another 7:58, missing his world record by 0.30 seconds.

In August 1997 he broke the 5000m world record and took two seconds off of Haile Gebrselassie's best to bring it to 12:39.74.

Only twelve days after the previous world record of 7:26.15 was set by Haile Gebrselassie, Komen broke the indoor 3,000-metre record with a time of 7:24.90, set in Budapest on February 6, 1998. This mark is still referred to as "Mount Everest"[7] in athletics circles and has been bettered only twice outdoors, one of them being Komen's own world record. Kenenisa Bekele believes that breaking Komen's record is only "possible on a special day if the pace is good and if everything else also is perfect."[8]

Other accolades include being the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and 1998 Commonwealth Games 5,000-meter champion. He won the 5000 metres race at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.[9]

Out of the limelight since the late 1990s, Komen now serves as chairman of the Keiyo North Rift Athletics Association, and as co-director of a private school with his wife, Joyce.[2]

Personal records

Daniel Komen's personal records, and their place on the world ranking of all times, unless otherwise noted. All times and placings are taken from Komen's IAAF bio (as of August 2011):

Distance Time All-Time Rank Date Place
1500 Meters 3:29.46 12th August 16, 1997 Monaco
1 Mile 3:46.38 5th August 26, 1997 Berlin
2000 Meters 4:51.30 9th June 5, 1998 Milano
3000 Meters (outdoor) 7:20.67 World Record September 1, 1996 Rieti
3000 Meters (indoor) 7:24.90 World Record February 6, 1998 Budapest
2 Miles 7:58.61 World Record July 19, 1997[10] Hechtel
5000 Meters 12:39.74 3rd August 22, 1997 Brussels
10,000 Meters 27:38.32 532* August 30, 2002 Brussels

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Kenya
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st 5,000 m
1st 10,000 m

Notes

  1. ^ Matt Fitzgerald (March 2011 issue). "What Ever Happened To Daniel Komen?". Competitor Magazine. http://running.competitor.com/2011/05/features/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-komen_27486.  Komen is rumoured to be three years older than officially recognised.
  2. ^ a b c d e Matt Fitzgerald (March 2011 issue). "What Ever Happened To Daniel Komen?". Competitor Magazine. http://running.competitor.com/2011/05/features/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-komen_27486. Retrieved August 13, 2011. 
  3. ^ Tanser (2001), p. 186.
  4. ^ Tanser (2001), p. 185. Komen himself set a world junior record of 12:56.15 as Kiptanui's pace-maker.
  5. ^ Tanser (2001), p. 185.
  6. ^ See here for Komen's lap splits: Professor Tom Michalik. "THE EIGHT MINUTE TWO-MILE!!". Personal web page. http://faculty.randolphcollege.edu/tmichalik/8min.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  7. ^ "Bekele to hit the boards for the first time in Stuttgart". IAAF. January 29, 2004. http://www.iaaf.org/news/printer,newsid=23938.htmx. Retrieved August 13, 2011.  See paragraph 12 of the article.
  8. ^ "Bekele gunning for 3000 WR, while Swedish stars share the spotlight - Stockholm preview". IAAF.org. February 20, 2007. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37669.html. Retrieved August 13, 2011. 
  9. ^ gbrathletics.com: IAAF WORLD CUP IN ATHLETICS
  10. ^ World Records and Best Performances

Bibliography

  • Tanser, Toby (2001) [1997]. Train Hard, Win Easy: The Kenyan Way (2nd ed.). Mountain View: Tafnews Press. ISBN 0-911521-60-7. 

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Records
Preceded by
Algeria Noureddine Morceli
Men's 3000 m World Record Holder
September 1, 1996 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie
Men's 5000 m World Record Holder
August 22, 1997 – June 13, 1998
Succeeded by
Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kenya Moses Kiptanui
Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance
1996
Succeeded by
Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie
Preceded by
Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie
Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance
1996 – 1997
Succeeded by
Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie



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