Suleiman Simotwo Explained

Suleiman Kipses Simotwo (born 21 April 1980) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. His indoor personal best over 1500 m of 3:35.24 minutes, achieved in 2006, was the second best time in the world that season, only behind Daniel Kipchirchir Komen.^[1]

He is from Kaptama in Mount Elgon District. Prominent runner Edith Masai is from the same area.^[2]

Simotwo has competed at the IAAF World Athletics Final twice, winning a bronze medal over 1500 m in the 2007 edition. He reached the finals of the 1500 m at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing in seventh place. Simotwo scored a significant personal best over the 3000 metres distance at the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar in 2010, upsetting favourite Tariku Bekele to win in at time of 7:45.15.^[3]

Achievements

2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th	1500 m
2007	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	1500 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	7th	1500 m

Personal bests

800 metres - 1:45.5 min (2005)
1500 metres - 3:31.67 min (2006)
Mile run - 3:50.82 min (2005)
3000 metres - 7:45.15 min (2010)

Notes and References

Web site: Top Lists 2006 1500 m . 4 November 2006 . 9 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061209090306/http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout%3DI/ageGroup%3DN/season%3D2006/gender%3DM/discipline%3D1500/legal%3DA/index.html . dead .
News: The Standard. 14 October 2008. Komon the mountain legion. 25 April 2010.
News: Turner . Chris . 24 April 2010 . Wlodarczyk blasts out 75.13m release in Dakar – IAAF World Challenge . IAAF . 25 April 2010 . 27 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100427064253/http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D56549.html . dead .