benjamin, kogo, november, 1944, january, 2022, kenyan, athlete, specialised, 3000, metre, steeplechase, running, olympic, medal, recordmen, athletics1968, mexico, city, 3000, steeplechasekogo, born, november, 1944, from, arwos, nandi, county, kenya, became, fi. Benjamin Kogo 30 November 1944 20 January 2022 was a Kenyan athlete who specialised in 3000 metre steeplechase running Olympic medal recordMen s athletics1968 Mexico City 3000 m steeplechaseKogo was born on 30 November 1944 1 He was from Arwos Nandi County Kenya He became the first Kenyan to run steeplechase event in Olympics 2 was a silver medalist from 1968 Summer Olympics in an event won by his compatriot Amos Biwott At the 1964 Summer Olympics he failed to make the final at steeplechase He won gold at the first All Africa Games held in 1965 in Brazzaville Kogo was also bronze medalist from the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Kogo died on 20 January 2022 at the age of 77 He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer one year prior 3 References edit Benjamin KOGO Olympic Athletics Kenya 12 June 2016 Retrieved 16 August 2016 Meet Benjamin Kogo first Kenyan to ever run steeplechase specialty event in Olympics retrieved 21 January 2022 Olympic medalist Ben Kogo is dead The Standard Reuters Retrieved 21 January 2022 External links editBenjamin Kogo at Olympics com nbsp Benjamin Kogo at Olympedia nbsp Benjamin Kogo at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp Sports Reference nbsp This Kenyan biographical article relating to athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benjamin Kogo amp oldid 1184331296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
