Benjamin Kogo

Benjamin Kogo (30 November 1944 – 20 January 2022) was a Kenyan athlete who specialised in 3000 metre steeplechase running.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City 3000 m steeplechase

Kogo 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
  1. "Benjamin KOGO - Olympic Athletics | Kenya". 12 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. Meet Benjamin Kogo, first Kenyan to ever run steeplechase specialty event in Olympics, retrieved 21 January 2022
  3. Reuters. "Olympic medalist Ben Kogo is dead". The Standard. Retrieved 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)


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