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    Kipchoge Keino

    Kenyan athlete

    Kipchoge Keino in January 2014

    Full nameKipchoge Hezekieh Keino[1]
    Born (1940-01-17) 17 January 1940 (age 85)[2]
    Kipsamo, Nandi, Rift Valley, Kenya[1]
    Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
    Weight66 kg (146 lb)[1]
    SpousePhyllis Keino
    Olympic finals1964 Tokyo
    5000 m, 5th
    1500 m, 10th
    1968 Mexico City
    10,000 m, DNF
    5000 m,  Silver
    1500 m,  Gold
    1972 Munich
    3000 m steeple,  Gold
    1500 m,  Silver
    Personal bests
    Updated on 10 June 2015

    Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete. He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC) until 29 September 2017. A two-time Olympicgold medalist, Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his countrymen and wome

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    Kipchoge Keino

    Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete. He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC) until 29 September 2017. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his countrymen and women to become the athletics force that they are today. Read more on Wikipedia

    Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kipchoge Keino has received more than 417,997 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Kipchoge Keino is the 152nd most popular athlete (up from 194th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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      Kip Keino was the first great Kenyan middle- or long-distance runner, and inspired many of his fellow countrymen and women to become a distance running force. Keino played sport before taking up friidrott, and then served with the Kenyan Police Force, before beginning his international career at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 11th in the 3-mile race. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics he finished fifth in the 5,000 m and barely missed the 1,500 m final. On 27 August 1965, Keino improved the 3,000 m world record by over 6 seconds, recording 7:39.6 in his first attempt at the distance. Later in 1965 he broke the 5,000 m world record, clocking 13:24.2. At the 1966 Commonwealth Games, Keino won both the mile and 3-miles, while at the 1970 Commonwealth Games he defended in the 1,500 m, and finished third in the 5,000 m. Despite suffering from an illness at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Keino won the 1,500 m gold medal and 5,000 m silver medal, and then won the 3,000 m steeplecha