Kenyan sprinter and middle-distance runner (1938–2022)
Wilson Arap Chuma Kiprugut
Kiprugut in 1968
Personal information
Born
1938 (1938) Kericho, British Kenya
Died
(aged 84) Kericho, Kenya
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
400 m, 800 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
400 m: 46.6 (1965) 800 m: 1:44.57 (1968)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
800 m
1964 Tokyo
800 m
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston
880 yd
All-Africa Games
1965 Brazzaville
400 m
1965 Brazzaville
800 m
Wilson Arap Chuma Kiprugut (1938 – 1 November 2022) was a Kenyan sprinter and middle-distance runner. He competed at the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico Olympics and won two medals in the 800 metres event; in 1964 he also ran 400 metres, but failed to reach the final.[1] He was the first person from Kenya ever to win an Olympic medal.[2][3]
At the 1962 Commonwealth Games, Kiprugut was part of the Kenyan 4 × 440 yards relay team which finished fifth.[4] At the 1966 Commonwealth Games, he won the 880 yards silver medal. He won two gold medals (in the 400 and 800 metres) at the inaugural All-Africa Games in 1965.[5]
In 2010, he won the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year award.[6]
Kiprugut grew up in Kericho and began running as a child while at Kaptebeswet Primary School and Sitotwet Intermediate School.[2] His talent was first identified when he ran at the East and Central African Championships – an event where he won no less than three 880-yard titles.[7]
Kiprugut died on 1 November 2022, at the age of 84.[8]
^Wilson Kiprugut. sports-reference.com
^ abTanui, Nikko (27 November 2013). Wilson Kiprugut Chumo: Champion who brought first medal to Kenyan soil. Kenya Standard. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
^"Kiprugut, Kenya's first ever Olympic medallist, dies". World Athletics. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^The Standard, 1 February 2003: Antao put Kenya on world map
^Wilson Kiprugut. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 12 July 2015.
^SOYA Awards - Previous Winners. soyaawards.com
^East and Central African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 12 July 2015.
^"Wilson Kiprugut: Kenya's first Olympic medalist dead at 84". Michezo Afrika. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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relay team which finished fifth. Other members of the relay team were WilsonKiprugut, Kimaru Songok and Peter Francis. Also in 1962 he won two gold medals...
relay team which finished fifth. Other members of the relay team were WilsonKiprugut, Peter Francis and Seraphino Antao. At the same games, Antao became...
Poland 800 m details Peter Snell New Zealand Bill Crothers Canada WilsonKiprugut Kenya 1500 m details Peter Snell New Zealand Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia...
did not advance Arap Kiptalam Keter 440 yd 52.3 6 — did not advance WilsonKiprugut 49.0 5 — did not advance Kimaru Songok 47.6 1 Q — 48.5 4 did not advance...
to take the gold medal in a time of 1:46.9 minutes, beating Kenya's WilsonKiprugut (an Olympic medallist) and the home favourite George Kerr who was a...
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