Marko Koers, elite male 1500m runner, retired already

[Dragonsoul]

I was browsing Marko Koers site http://www.markokoers.nl/

In the news section, it shows that he retired. THe site is in dutch but i translate with world.altavista.com

800m: 1.44.01
1000m: 2.15.05 Nederlands Record
1500m: 3.33.05
1 mijl: 3.53.47
3000m: 7.46.52

This guy was great! Do you remember him? What do you think of this?

:)!!!

[daman]

He ran for U of Illinois....probably their best middle distance runner ever. He is 34 years old now.

[Dragonsoul]

I remember that he was the tallest guy in the Olympics 1500m Mens final in 1996, it was a cool race! I wonder what else he did? Please give me more info!