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The National Olympic Committee – Kenya (IOC code: KEN) is the National Olympic Committee representing Kenya. It was created in 1955 and recognised by the IOC that same year. [1] Kenya made its debut at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The current President of the National Olympic Committee - Kenya is distance running legend ...
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Association of National Olympic Committees. CAREER AS ATHLETE / COACH Athletics - Track 3000m, 5,000m and 10,000m Cross-country - Five-Times World Cross-Country Champion 1995 - 1999
Increasingly, Kenya-born athletes are immigrating to compete in the Olympics for other countries, most notably Bahrain. In the 2016 Olympics, there were ~20 such athletes, including multiple medal winners. The National Olympic Committee for Kenya is the National Olympic Committee Kenya, founded in 1955.
MedalName (s)GamesSportBronzeBronzeSilverSilverThe Kenyan National Olympic Committee was founded on 14 February 1955 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC session in Paris, on 17 June of the same year. In 1956, it made its Olympic début and, since then, it has been absent only from the Olympics of 1976 and 1980, both of which it boycotted.
2016. 2020. 2024. Kenya competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having boycotted the 1976 ...
