Ismael Kipngetich Kombich (born 16 January 1985) is a Kenyan

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who specialised in

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

events and was a member of the Kenyan team that currently holds the

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

4 × 800 metres relay The 4 × 800 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 800 metres or 2 laps on a standard 400 metre track. The IAAF ratifies world records in the event and it became a world championship ev ...

since 2006 with Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, and

Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei (born 24 July 1980) is a Kenyan retired Middle-distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also won at the World indoor Championships in Moscow 2006 the 800 metres title, ...

. Ismael Kombich ran his personal best in the 800 meters in 2008 and won the Kenyan championships in this discipline same year .

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1985 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics record holders (relay) {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub