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Kipchoge Keino

1940 - Today

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Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino 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. In 2000, he became an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kipchoge Keino is the 160th most popular athlete (down from 149th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Kenya and the most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kipchoge Keino ranks 160 out of 6,025. Before him are Harrison Dillard, Hélène de Pourtalès, Maxie Long, John Anderson, Alfred Neuland, and Vladimír Dzurilla. After him are Barbara Jones, Ilmari Salminen, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Nándor Dáni, Vera Krepkina, and Karl Röderer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kipchoge Keino ranks 189. Before him are Louis Pilot, John Grinder, Tony Sheridan, Dietmar Hopp, Leonard Susskind, and Luis Cubilla. After him are Mirko Jozić, Wayne Dyer, Vito Acconci, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Craig Brown, and Stephen Kovacevich.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Kipchoge Keino ranks 12 out of 150. Before him are Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Roger Whittaker (1936), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), and John Njue (1944). After him are Deep Roy (1949), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Naftali Temu (1945), Amos Biwott (1947), and William Ruto (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Kipchoge Keino ranks 1. After him are Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Naftali Temu (1945), Amos Biwott (1947), Benjamin Kogo (1944), Charles Asati (1946), Wilson Kipketer (1972), Wilson Kiprugut (1938), Philip Waruinge (1945), Paul Tergat (1969), Julius Sang (1946), and Naftali Bon (1945).

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