David Krummenacker (born May 24, 1975) is a professional track athlete.
Background
Krummenacker was born in
El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico in 1993 where he won several state track titles and also played on the basketball team.
He attended
Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...
where he trained under coach
Alan Drosky and won back-to-back NCAA Indoor 800 m titles (1997–1998). He graduated in 1998 with a degree in management.
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He currently resides in ]Tucson, Arizona
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where he trains under the direction of coach Luiz de Oliviera and competes for Team Adidas. His agent is Rich Kenah
Richard "Rich" Kenah (born August 4, 1970 in Montclair, New Jersey) is a former US middle-distance runner who won bronze medals over 800 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and at the World Championships in Athens. After placing secon ...
.
Athletic career
Krummenacker was the 2003 World and U.S. Indoor 800 m champion. He won back-to-back-to-back U.S. Outdoor 800 m champion from 2001 to 2003. He was the first person to win the title 3 straight years since Johnny Gray
John Lee Gray Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the US record of 1:42.60 at a ...
accomplished the feat from 1985 to 1987. The only person ever to win the 800 m title more than 3 years in a row was James Robinson who won it every year from 1978 to 1982.
His personal records (PRs) include 1:43.92 (2002) for 800 m and 3:31.91 (2002) for 1500 m.
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1975 births
Living people
American male middle-distance runners
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's track and field athletes
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners