Kip(choge) Keino

Athlete, born in Kipsamo, Kenya. Concentrating on middle-distance events, his most effective range lay between 1500 m and 5000 m. At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics he won the 1500 m, and at Munich in 1972 he won the gold medal for the 3000  steeplechase. He won Commonwealth Games titles at the mile and three miles in 1966 and at 1500 m in 1970. In 1965 he established new world records for the 3000 m and 5000 m. After his retirement from athletics he began a crusade to adopt orphaned and abandoned children in Kenya.

Kipchoge ("Kip") Keino (born January 17, 1940) is a Kenyan former athlete. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in 5000 m and barely missed the 1500 m final.

On August 27, 1965, Keino lowered the 3000 m world record by over 6 seconds to 7:39.6 at his first attempt at the distance. In the next Commonwealth Games, Keino won the 1500 m and was third in 5000 m.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the 1500 m gold medal (defeating American great Jim Ryun in a memorable duel) and 5000 m silver medal, despite illness. Four years later, he won the 3000 m steeplechase gold and 1500 m silver at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.