Emiel Puttemans
Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres in 1972, for 2 miles in 1971, and for 5000 metres in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8). He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978.
8 October 1947
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