Wilson Kiprugut
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Born | 1938 (age 83–84) Kericho, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m, 800 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m – 46.6 (1965) 800 m – 1:44.57 (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilson Chuma Kiprugut (born 1938) is a retired Kenyan sprinter and middle-distance runner. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won two medals in the 800 metres event; in 1964 he also ran 400 metres, but failed to reach the final.[1] He was the first Kenyan athlete to win an Olympic medal.[2]
At the 1962 Commonwealth Games he was part of the Kenyan 4 × 440 yards relay team which finished fifth.[3] At the 1966 Commonwealth Games he won the 880 yards bronze medal. He won two gold medals (in the 400 and 800 metres) at the inaugural All-Africa Games in 1965.[4]
In 2010 he won the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year award.[5]
He grew up in Kericho and began running as a child while at Kaptebeswet Primary School and Sitotwet Intermediate School.[2] His talent was first identified when he ran at the East and Central African Championships – an event where he won no less than three 880-yard titles.[6]
References[]
- ^ Wilson Kiprugut. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Tanui, Nikko (2013-11-27). Wilson Kiprugut Chumo: Champion who brought first medal to Kenyan soil. Kenya Standard. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- ^ The Standard, February 1, 2003: Antao put Kenya on world map
- ^ Wilson Kiprugut. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- ^ SOYA Awards - Previous Winners. soyaawards.com
- ^ East and Central African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
External links[]
- Wilson Kiprugut at Olympics.com
- Wilson Kiprugut at Olympedia
- Wilson Kiprugut at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- 1938 births
- Living people
- People from Kericho County
- Kenyan male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Olympic silver medalists for Kenya
- Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs
- Kenyan sportspeople stubs
- African Olympic medalist stubs