Willy Rutto Komen (born 22 December 1987) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Kenya | |||||
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:14.00 |
2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:15.11 |
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 3rd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:41.98 |
Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang, is a middle-distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His speciality is the 3000 metres steeplechase. His personal best time of 8:06.13 minutes is also the Bahraini national record, set on 13 July 2009 at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria.
Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Abdelkader Hachlaf is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was suspended between April 2004 and April 2006 after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone in an IAAF out-of-competition test.
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and he has two World Championship medals in the discipline.
Ruben Ramolefi is a South African runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and is currently the South African record holder in 3000 metres steeplechase. He also won the National Championship in 3000 metres steeplechase in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova is a Russian runner. She is a former specialist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She later moved up to marathon and won the Olympic bronze medal in that event at the 2012 London Games.
Lyubov Kharlamova, née Ivanova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortiz is a Spanish middle distance runner.
Roisin McGettigan is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She graduated from Providence College in 2003. She competed in her first Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing. After finishing second in her qualifying heat in the 3000 m steeplechase, she finished 14th in the final.
Victoria Mitchell is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Korene Hinds is a Jamaican long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the steeplechase.
Ancuța Bobocel is a Romanian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Romania at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and is a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. In 2009, she won the European U23 and Jeux de la Francophonie steeplechase titles, as well as a silver at the Summer Universiade.
Dobrinka Shokoladova is a Bulgarian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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Simon Ayeko is a Ugandan distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the gold medallist in that event at the 2011 Military World Games. He has twice represented Uganda at both the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Getnet Wale Bayabl is an Ethiopian runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Wale won the silver medal at the 2019 African Games and a bronze at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.
Lamecha Girma is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships. Lamecha also won a silver in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. He is the world indoor record holder for the 3000 metres, which was set in February 2023. In June 2023 at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League, he broke the world record for the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.