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Naftali Bon

1945 - 2018

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Naftali Bon (9 October 1945 – 2 November 2018) was a Kenyan athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He was born in Kapsabet, Rift Valley Province. He competed for Kenya in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Daniel Rudisha, Munyoro Nyamau and Charles Asati. He shares the cover of the September 1969 issue of Track and Field News with Kip Keino. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naftali Bon is the 1,880th most popular athlete (up from 2,471st in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Kenya (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Naftali Bon ranks 1,880 out of 6,025. Before him are Aldo Montano, Sabine Busch, Kalevi Hämäläinen, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, James Corson, and George Gulack. After him are Imrich Bugár, Andrey Abduvaliyev, Chris Brown, Delfo Cabrera, Georg de Laval, and Endre Tilli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Naftali Bon ranks 585. Before him are Elton Dean, Javier Guzmán, Franz Keller, Anthony Braxton, Vashti Bunyan, and Bruce Broughton. After him are Daniel Ona Ondo, Manuel Chaves, Nicholas Meyer, Besarion Gugushvili, Herman Cain, and Kinza Clodumar. Among people deceased in 2018, Naftali Bon ranks 480. Before him are Douglas Rain, Benny Andersen, Peter Sutherland, Momoko Sakura, Luisa Cuesta, and Hugh Wilson. After him are Thomas Bopp, William Smith, László Fábián, Emil Wolf, Anatoly Lein, and Reg E. Cathey.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Naftali Bon ranks 31 out of 150. Before him are Wilson Kipketer (1972), Wilson Kiprugut (1938), Philip Waruinge (1945), Paul Tergat (1969), Julius Sang (1946), and Zena Marshall (1926). After him are Munyoro Nyamau (1942), Faith Kipyegon (1994), Ben Jipcho (1943), Urjit Patel (1963), William Tanui (1964), and Kelvin Kiptum (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Naftali Bon ranks 12. Before him are Charles Asati (1946), Wilson Kipketer (1972), Wilson Kiprugut (1938), Philip Waruinge (1945), Paul Tergat (1969), and Julius Sang (1946). After him are Munyoro Nyamau (1942), Faith Kipyegon (1994), Ben Jipcho (1943), William Tanui (1964), Kelvin Kiptum (1999), and Hellen Obiri (1989).

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