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- NAME: Kip Keino
- OCCUPATION: Track and Field Athlete
- BIRTH DATE: January 17, 1940 (Age: 73)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Nandi Hills, Kenya
- Originally: Hezekiah Kipchoge Keino
- ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
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Kip Keino is a Kenyan distance runner, who won four Olympic medals. Later he served as president of the National Olympic Committee Kenya.
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Kip Keino was born January 17, 1940 in Nandi Hills, Kenya. At the 1968 Olympics, he competed in six distance races in eight days. In the 5,000-metre final he earned a silver medal. In the 1,500 meters he won the race by 20 meters. At the 1972 Games, he won a silver medal in the 1,500 meters and a gold medal in the 3,000-metre steeplechase. He was later president of Kenya's Olympic Committee.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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