Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete.
Before taking up athletics, he played rugby. ==Athletic career== He began his international career at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia where he came eleventh in the three miles.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in 5000 m and just missed qualification for the 1500 m final. On 27 August 1965, Keino lowered the 3000 m world record by over 6 seconds to 7:39.6 in his first attempt at the distance.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in 5000 m and just missed qualification for the 1500 m final. On 27 August 1965, Keino lowered the 3000 m world record by over 6 seconds to 7:39.6 in his first attempt at the distance.
At the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, he won both the mile run and three-mile run.
In the next Commonwealth Games, Keino won the 1500 metres and was third in the 5000 metres. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the 1500 metres gold medal (defeating American favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun by 20 metres, the largest winning margin in the history of the event) and 5000 m silver medal.
He is on the cover of the October 1968 issue of Track and Field News, the first issue following the Olympics.
He shared the cover of the September 1969 issue with Naftali Bon. ==After athletics== With his wife, Phyllis Keino, he has dedicated significant efforts to humanitarian work in Eldoret, Kenya.
Four years later, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase gold and 1500 metres silver at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
They have established the Lewa Children's Home for orphans, the KipKeino Primary School in 1999, and the Kip Keino Secondary School in 2009. For his work with orphans, he shared Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year" award in 1987 with seven others, characterized as "Athletes Who Care".
In 1996, Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret is named after him. In 2007, he was made an honorary Doctor of Law by the University of Bristol.
They have established the Lewa Children's Home for orphans, the KipKeino Primary School in 1999, and the Kip Keino Secondary School in 2009. For his work with orphans, he shared Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year" award in 1987 with seven others, characterized as "Athletes Who Care".
In 1996, Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret is named after him. In 2007, he was made an honorary Doctor of Law by the University of Bristol.
They have established the Lewa Children's Home for orphans, the KipKeino Primary School in 1999, and the Kip Keino Secondary School in 2009. For his work with orphans, he shared Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen and Sportswomen of the Year" award in 1987 with seven others, characterized as "Athletes Who Care".
In 2012, he was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the IAAF Hall of Fame. ==Early life== Keino was born in Kipsamo, Nandi District, Kenya.
In July 2012, he received further recognition from the City of Bristol after the Kenyan Olympic Committee, under his presidency, made Bristol the training base for its athletes in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.
In 2012, Kipchoge Keino was among the inductees in the IAAF Hall of fame.
He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC) until 29 September 2017.
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