Benjamin Kogo

athletics competitor

Benjamin Kogo (30 November 1944[1] – 20 January 2022) was a Kenyan athlete. His main sport was 3000 metre steeplechase running. He won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]

He won gold at the first All-Africa Games held in 1965 in Brazzaville.

Kogo was born in Arwos, Nandi District. He died from prostate cancer on January 20, 2022 at the age of 77.[3]

References change

  1. "Benjamin KOGO - Olympic Athletics | Kenya". 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. "Sports Reference". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  3. Olympic medalist Ben Kogo is dead