Kipchoge Keino

Kip Keino
	Kipchoge Keino in January 2014
Personal information
Full name	Kipchoge Hezekieh Keino
Born	17 January 1940 (age 84); Kipsamo, Nandi, Rift Valley, Kenya
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Spouse	Phyllis Keino
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1964 Tokyo; 5000 m, 5th ; 1500 m, 10th; 1968 Mexico City; 10,000 m, DNF; 5000 m, Silver; 1500 m, Gold; 1972 Munich; 3000 m steeple, Gold; 1500 m, Silver
Personal bests	800 m: 1:46.41 (Munich 1972); 1500 m: 3:34.91 (Mexico City 1968); Mile: 3:53.1 (Kisumu 1967); 3000 m: 7:39.6 (Helsingborg 1965); 5000 m: 13:24.2 (Auckland 1965); 10,000 m: 28:06.4 (Leningrad 1968); 3000 m steeple: 8:23.64 (Munich 1972);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
All-Africa Games
	Updated on 10 June 2015

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. In 2000, he became an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[3] In 2012, he was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the IAAF Hall of Fame.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kip Keino". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ "Kipchoge Keino". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ "Mr Kipchoge Keino". The International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "IAAF Hall of Fame". International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

[sports-reference-1] "Kip Keino". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[2] "Kipchoge Keino". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[3] "Mr Kipchoge Keino". The International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[4] "IAAF Hall of Fame". International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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