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Kipchoge Keino

1940 - Today

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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 415,395 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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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kipchoge Keino ranks 152 out of 6,025. Before him are Gaston Reiff, Hubert Van Innis, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Waldemar Cierpinski, Lina Radke, and Alfred Neuland. After him are Paula Mollenhauer, Mamo Wolde, Francisco Lázaro, Harrison Dillard, Herma Bauma, and Bernhard Lehmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Kipchoge Keino ranks 200. Before him are Agostino Vallini, José van Dam, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Gérard Larrousse, Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, and Christoph Blocher. After him are Lorenzo Baldisseri, Marie-José Nat, Nasser Al-Sabah, Hanako, Princess Hitachi, Jana Brejchová, and Anja Breien.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Kipchoge Keino ranks 12 out of 150. Before him are Louis Leakey (1903), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Deep Roy (1949), Mwai Kibaki (1931), and Richard Leakey (1944). After him are Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Philippa Gregory (1954), William Ruto (1966), Edi Gathegi (1979), and Chris Froome (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Kipchoge Keino ranks 1. After him are Eliud Kipchoge (1984), Wilson Kipketer (1972), Naftali Temu (1945), Amos Biwott (1947), Charles Asati (1946), Philip Waruinge (1945), Julius Sang (1946), Paul Tergat (1969), Benjamin Kogo (1944), Munyoro Nyamau (1942), and Yang Hao (null).

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