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Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
Born | 10 August 1998 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 1500m | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:33.84 (Poznan, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Komen (born 10 August 1998) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 African Games over 1500 metres.[1]
In June 2023, Komen ran a personal best for 1500 metres in Poznan of 3:33.84.[2]
Competing indoors in 2024, he finished runner-up at the Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund over 1500 metres, before finishing eighth and fourth respectively at the Czech Indoor Gala in Prague and at the Metz Moselle Athleor in France.[3] His time of 3:37.42 in Metz was an indoors personal best.[4]
Komen won the Kenyan African Games national trials, beating Abel Kipsang into second place in Nairobi in a time of 3:38.26.[5][6] On 22 March 2024, he was a gold medalist over 1500 metres at the 2023 African Games in Accra in a time of 3:39.19.[7][8] On 20 April 2024, he was the runner-up over 1500 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya.[9] In May 2024, he won the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event.[10]