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Naftali Temu

1945 - 2003

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Nabiba Naftali Temu (20 April 1945 – 10 March 2003) was a Kenyan long-distance runner. He became Kenya's first gold medalist when he won the 10,000 metres race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naftali Temu is the 504th most popular athlete (up from 620th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 21st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Naftali Temu ranks 504 out of 6,025Before him are Ken McArthur, Sara Simeoni, József Csermák, Saverio Ragno, Lauri Lehtinen, and Donald Lippincott. After him are Mildred McDaniel, Yusuf Dikeç, Lawrence Stevens, Alfred Swahn, Yevgeniya Sechenova, and Gustaf Söderström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Naftali Temu ranks 350Before him are Norio Wakamoto, Diahnne Abbott, Steinar Amundsen, Yu Zhengsheng, Burning Spear, and Sadok Sassi. After him are Leif G. W. Persson, Hugo Fernández, Ken Livingstone, Donny Hathaway, Zoltán Varga, and Guy Bonnet. Among people deceased in 2003, Naftali Temu ranks 206Before him are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Fedora Barbieri, Lev Kerbel, Giorgio Gaber, and Piet Dankert. After him are Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Althea Gibson, Olle Anderberg, Vladimír Vašíček, Tomáš Pospíchal, and Lewis A. Coser.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Naftali Temu ranks 16 out of 150Before him are Richard Leakey (1944), John Njue (1944), Kipchoge Keino (1940), Deep Roy (1949), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), and Eliud Kipchoge (1984). After him are Amos Biwott (1947), William Ruto (1966), Edi Gathegi (1979), Philippa Gregory (1954), Raila Odinga (1945), and Chris Froome (1985).

Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Naftali Temu ranks 3Before him are Kipchoge Keino (1940), and Eliud Kipchoge (1984). After him are 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).