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| Born | 8 October 1947 (age 77) Vossem, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m – 10000 m, steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | White Star AC/DC Leuven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000 m – 7:39.2(1973) 3000 mS – 8:27.8 (1972)[1] 5000 m – 13:13.0 (1972) 10000 m – 27:39.58 (1972)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972,[3] for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971,[4] for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8).[5] He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978.[6]
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres.[7] He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games. He also competed in these events at the 1968, 1976 and 1980 Games, but with less success.[2]
In 1982, Puttemans won the first edition of the Rome Marathon.
- ^ Emiel Puttemans. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Miel Puttemans Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ "A Roundup Of The Week July 28 – August 3, 1974". Sports Illustrated. 12 August 1974. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "World Records Set in Britain". Great Britain Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "A Roundup Of The Week September 19–25, 1972". Sports Illustrated. 2 October 1972. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ Emiel PUTTEMANS. the-sports.org
- ^ Krise, Raymond; Bill Squires (1982). Fast Tracks: The History of Distance Running Since 884 B.C.. S. Greene Press. pp. 206. ISBN 0-8289-0482-0.