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Pauline Konga

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Pauline Konga (born 10 April 1970) is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the 5,000 metres, making her the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Pauline Konga is the 4,869th most popular athlete (down from 3,482nd in 2024), the 123rd most popular biography from Kenya (down from 89th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pauline Konga ranks 4,869 out of 6,025. Before her are Kéné Ndoye, Marija Šestak, Zhou Lulu, Gabriella Szabó, Yusuf Saad Kamel, and Chijindu Ujah. After her are Hamish Carter, Jean-Guillaume Béatrix, Harriet Jones, Frano Vićan, Chen Shih-hsin, and Sopita Tanasan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Pauline Konga ranks 1,202. Before her are Claudinei da Silva, Cenk Uygur, Dean Edwards, Vyacheslav Butsayev, Alison Korn, and Malcolm D. Lee. After her are Jörg Hoffmann, Katrine Camilleri, Jason Queally, Jeff Rouse, Kjetil Undset, and Tamotsu Komatsuzaki.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Pauline Konga ranks 123 out of 150. Before her are Edna Kiplagat (1979), Binyavanga Wainaina (1971), Priscah Jepleting Cherono (1980), Paul Bitok (1970), Mubarak Hassan Shami (1980), and Beatrice Chepkoech (1991). After her are Erick Wainaina (1973), Nancy Langat (1981), William Mutwol (1967), Eunice Sum (1988), Nicholas Bett (1990), and Edwin Soi (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Pauline Konga ranks 93. Before her are Benjamin Limo (1974), Edna Kiplagat (1979), Priscah Jepleting Cherono (1980), Paul Bitok (1970), Mubarak Hassan Shami (1980), and Beatrice Chepkoech (1991). After her are Erick Wainaina (1973), Nancy Langat (1981), William Mutwol (1967), Eunice Sum (1988), Nicholas Bett (1990), and Edwin Soi (1986).

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