Famous people born in Kenya
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Hilda Kibet
Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007.....
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Pamela Jelimo
Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middledistance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal in this event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800160m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for Kenya.....
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Alfred Kirwa Yego
Alfred Kirwa Yego is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships.....
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Bernard Lagat
Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is a KenyanAmerican middle and longdistance runner.....
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Jemima Jelagat Sumgong
Jemima Jelagat Sumgong is a Kenyan longdistance runner who competes in marathon races. She has won the London, Rotterdam and Las Vegas Marathons, and has finished runnerup at the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons. She has a personal best of 22048 hours for the distance.....
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Malaika Firth
Malaika Firth is a Kenyanborn British fashion model. She started modeling under Premier Model Management, after her mother saw a TV special about the model agency. Firth attracted attention when she was booked as the first black model in almost 20 years to appear in a Prada advertising.....
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Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon is a Kenyan middledistance runner and current Commonwealth Games 1500 m womens champion having won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 4 minutes 08.94 seconds. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, and a gold medal the next year at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Womens 1500 metres, But got 9th in the 3rd heat and failed to ....
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Janeth Jepkosgei
Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and former world champion.....
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Martin Lel
Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, as of April 2008, is 20515, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a course record. Lel is coached by Claudio Berardelli and lives in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.....
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Geoffrey Mutai
Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds , though the time was not recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations as a world record since the Boston course does not meet the criteria to be eligible for the mark.....
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Hellen Onsando Obiri
Hellen Onsando Obiri is a Kenyan middledistance runner. She won 3000 metres distance at 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Obiri was 11th in 1500 m at 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.....
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Ezekiel Kemboi
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and the 2015 World Championships. His 3000160m steeplechase best of 755.76 set at Monaco in 2011 places him as the sixth fastest of all time. This time is also the fastest nonwinning time in history. He is one of only three men to have won both Olympic and World golds in t....
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Peter Kagwanja
Peter Kagwanja is a Kenyan intellectual, adviser, reform strategist and policy thinker on governance, security and African affairs. From the early 1990s, Kagwanja was associated with Kenyas prodemocracy movement through his research and writings in the media, and was one of the founders of the University Academic Staff Union . As an emigre in South Africa , he was in the team of experts that provided technical backing to the intense policy processes that led to the creation of the African Union....
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