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Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born May 17, 1976 in Elgeyo-Marakwet District) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Komen is the first and only man to achieve back-to-back sub-four-minute miles, and is also the second man ever to break both the 13-minute mark in the 5,000-meter run and the 3½-minute mark for the 1,500-meter run. He currently holds the indoor and outdoor world records for the 3,000 meters.

Komen is from the Keiyo sub-tribe of Kalenjin people in the Rift Valley of Kenya. He is one of thirteen children and began running at the age of seven as a means of getting to school. He rose to prominence in the mid-1990s after his exceptional junior career: at age 17, he placed second at the World Junior Cross Country Championships, and in 1994, he became the World Champion in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters.

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 4.4 seconds.

A year later, Komen made history again. In Hechtel, Belgium, Komen became the first man to run two miles in under eight minutes, clocking a world record 7:58. Just seven months later, at an Australian athletics meet in Sydney, Komen ran another 7:58. These unprecedented sub-eight-minute feats remain unique to this day.

Komen's indoor 3,000-meter record of 7:24.90, set in Budapest on Feb 6, 1998, is still referred to as "Mount Everest"[1] in athletics circles and has been bettered only twice outdoors, one of them being Komen's own world record.

Other accolades include being the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and 1998 Commonwealth Games 5,000-meter champion.

Daniel Komen's personal records, and their place on the world ranking of all times, as of September 2007:

Distance Time All-Time Rank Date Place
1500 Meters3:29.4649thAugust 16 1997Monaco
1 Mile3:46.3812thAugust 26 1997Berlin
2000 Meters4:51.3013thJune 5 1998Milano
3000 Meters7:20.67World RecordSeptember 1 1996Rieti
2 Miles7:58.61World BestJuly 17 1997Hechtel
5000 Meters12:39.743rdAugust 22 1997Brussels
10,000 Meters27:38.32471August 30 2002Brussels


Records
Preceded by
Noureddine Morceli		 Men's 3.000m World Record Holder
September 1, 1996 –		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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