Brian Komen

Brian Komen is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 African Games over 1500 metres.

Career

In April 2024, Komen ran a personal best for 1500 metres in Nairobi of 3:32.29.
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. His time of 3:37.42 in Metz was an indoors personal best.
Komen won the Kenyan African Games national trials, beating Abel Kipsang into second place in Nairobi in a time of 3:38.26. 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. On 20 April 2024, he was the runner-up over 1500 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya. In May 2024, he won the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event. On 12 July 2024, he ran a personal best 3:28.80 for the 1500 metres at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres, placing twelfth in the final.
He finished third in the 1500 metres at the Kenyan World Championships Trials in July 2025.