Philip Ndoo
Philip Ndoo (born September 3, 1946 , † February 2, 2005 ) was a Kenyan long-distance runner .
At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 he finished seventh in 28: 42.82 minutes over 10,000 m and came in 15th in the marathon in 2:22:40 hours.
From 1973 to 1975 he studied at Eastern New Mexico University , in whose Athletics Hall of Honors he was inducted in 2002, and then became director of sport at the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation .
In 1976 he qualified second in the Kenyan elimination race in 2:17:26 h for the marathon of the Olympic Games , but prevented the Olympic boycott of Kenya, against which he protested sharply, a start.
Web links
- Athlete portrait at the ARRS
Footnotes
- ^ Eastern New Mexico University: ENMU Athletics Hall of Honors Class of 2002 Set for Induction during Homecoming Weekend
- ↑ "I am ashamed to be African" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 , 1976, p. 106 f . ( online ).
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| SURNAME | Ndoo, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1946 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 2005 |