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Kipchoge Keino is among the legendary figures that put Kenyan athletics on the global map and here is everything you need to know about him.
Kipchoge Keino is one of the pioneer Kenyan athletes that put the country on the map as a hotbed of athletics talent.
Keino sprung to prominence in 1965 when he lowered the 3,000m world record before breaking the 5,000m world record in 1966, the same year he claimed Commonwealth Games titles.
The Kenyan legend would win his first Olympics gold medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics before winning his second title at the 1972 Munich Games.
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That made Keino a bonafide Kenyan athletics legend with his success acting as an inspiration for generations that came after him.
Kipchoge Keino: Age, Early Life, Athletics Career, Honours & Life After Athletics
Kipchoge Keino’s Age
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Kipchoge Keino was born in Kipsamo, Nandi County on January 17, 1940.
Early life
Kipchoge Keino’s parents died when he was a youngster with his aunt taking over the responsibility of raising him.
A young Keino would join Kenya Police after completing high school and here is where his athletics talent blossomed.
Kipchoge Keino’s Athletics Career
Kipchoge Keino made his competitive debut in 1962 at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia and could only manage 11th in the three-miles.
His Olympics debut came in 1964 where he was fifth in 5,000m but failed to reach the 1,500m final. However, he learnt valuable lessons that would get him over the line a few years later.
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Keino came of age in 1965 when he broke the 3,000m world record by over six seconds to 7:39.6 in his first attempt at the distance and he would win two gold medals in both 5,000m and 1,500m at the inaugural All-Africa Games (now African Games) that year.
Later in 1965, Keino broke the 5,000m world record and in 1966, he won the one-mile and three-mile titles at the Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.
His first Olympics title arrived at the 1968 Mexico Games when he claimed gold in 1,500m and added a silver in 5,000m. He would claim gold again at the 1972 Munich Olympics, this time in 3,000m steeplechase, and then a silver in 1,500m.
Keino also won Commonwealth gold in 1,500m at the 1970 edition in Edinburgh and 5,000m bronze at the same event.
The legendary athlete, who retired in 1973, was Kenya’s flag bearer at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympics Games.
Life After Athletics
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After retirement, Keino engaged in philanthropic work and also sought to give back to the sport that gave him so much.
Together with his wife Phyllis, they started the Lewa Children's Home for orphans and also established schools and in 1987, he was awarded, with seven others, by Sports Illustrated for his philanthropic work.
Keino was elected chairman of the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) in 1999 and served until 2017.
In 2012, Kipchoge Keino was among the inductees in the IAAF (now World Athletics) Hall of Fame, the same year in which Bristol City Council awarded him freedom of the city, making him the first to receive this honour from Bristol since Sir Winston Churchill.
He had made the institution Kenya’s training base ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.
Honours
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At the Rio 2016 Olympic opening ceremony, Keino was awarded the first Olympic Laurel for outstanding service to the Olympic movement and in May 2021, Jovian asteroid 39285 Kipkeino, discovered by astronomers at Spacewatch in 1997, was named in his honour.
The Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret is also named after the legendary athlete.
Did you know?
Before taking up athletics, Kipchoge Keino actually played rugby.
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