Leonard Patrick Komon

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Leonard Patrick Komon at Singelloop Utrecht 2010

Leonard Patrick Komon (born January 10, 1988 in Korungotuny, Mount Elgon District , Western Province ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .

Life

From 2002 he attended the Cheptais Secondary School and successfully competed in various national school championships in track and cross-country running . In 2005 he had to leave school because his family could no longer afford the school fees and work as a helper on his father's farm. However, the marathon runner Steven Matebo Cheptot became aware of him, and Komon continued his athletic career under his guidance.

The following year he qualified fourth in the national championship for the junior race of the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka . There he won the silver medal and was then signed by the manager Gianni Demadonna .

The following year he was fourth in the junior category at the World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa and won gold with the team.

In 2008 he started in the adult race of the Cross Country World Championships in Edinburgh and won the silver medal behind record world champion Kenenisa Bekele and in front of defending champion Zersenay Tadese . He broke the 27-minute mark over the 10,000-meter distance , but had to retire injured in the national qualifying race for the Beijing Olympic Games .

At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Amman, he finished fourth and won gold with the team. He achieved the same individual and team placement the following year at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz .

As in the previous year, he won the Singelloop Utrecht 2010 and improved the world record in the 10 km road run by 17 seconds to 26:44 min. Two weeks later he defeated the old world record holder Micah Kipkemboi Kogo at the Grand 10 Berlin and ran the fastest time on German soil with 27:12 minutes.

In November he set another world record in road running at the Zevenheuvelenloop with 41:13 minutes over 15 km.

In 2011 he won the Würzburger Residenzlauf , the Healthy Kidney 10K , the Dam tot Damloop , the Grand 10 Berlin , the Great South Run and the Peuerbach New Year's Run .

Leonard Patrick Komon is 1.75 m tall and weighs 54 kg. He is employed by the Kenya Airports Authority as a firefighter and is trained by Juma Ndiwa. Since January 2008 he has been looked after by the manager Bob Verbeeck and his company Golazo .

Personal bests

  • 3000 m : 7: 33.27 min, September 6, 2009, Rieti
  • 5000 m : 12: 58.24 min, July 10, 2009, Rome
  • 10,000 m: 26: 55.29 min, June 3, 2011, Eugene
  • 10 km road run: 26:44 min, September 26, 2010, Utrecht
  • 15 km road race: 41:13 min, November 21, 2010, Nijmegen
  • 20 km road race: 56:51 min., March 28, 2015, Prague
  • Half marathon : 59:14 min., March 30, 2014, Berlin

Web links

Footnotes

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  1. ^ IAAF: Komon the fighter - Edinburgh 2008 ( Memento of April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). March 30, 2008
  2. ^ IAAF: Komon flies 27:10 in Utrecht ( Memento from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). September 28, 2009
  3. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: 26:44 - Leonard Patrick Komon runs a world record . September 26, 2010
  4. ↑ IAAF: Komon smashes through 27-minute barrier with 26:44 run in Utrecht 10Km ( Memento from September 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). September 26, 2010
  5. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Leonard Komon wins with a course record . October 10, 2010
  6. ^ IAAF: Komon on fire - 27:12 in Berlin ( Memento of October 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 10, 2010
  7. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Leonard Komon runs a 15 kilometer world record . November 21, 2010
  8. ^ IAAF: Komon breaks World 15Km record in Nijmegen ( Memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). November 21, 2010
  9. ^ IAAF: Komon smashes Central Park 10Km record ( Memento from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). May 14, 2011
  10. ↑ IAAF: Komon sizzles 44:34 over 10 Miles in Zaandam ( Memento of 24 September 2011 at the Internet Archive ). September 18, 2011
  11. ^ IAAF: Komon and Mergia take convincing victories in Portsmouth ( Memento of October 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). 30 October 2011
  12. ^ IAAF: Komon prevails in Peuerbach New Year's Eve run ( Memento from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). January 1, 2012
  13. ↑ Athlete portrait on the Golazo website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.golazo.com  
personal data
SURNAME Komon, Leonard Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Korungotuny, Mount Elgon District , Western Province