• John Ngugi Kamau (born 10 May 1962) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner...
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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as...
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  • Ngugi or Ngũgĩ is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), Kenyan playwright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), Kenyan writer...
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    5000 m, second only to Ethiopia in total medals in the event, although John Ngugi and Vivian Cheruiyot are the only Kenyans to have won Olympic gold. nb...
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  • Shekhar Mehta Catherine Ndereba (born 1972), marathon runner Noah Ngeny John Ngugi Margaret Okayo (born 1976), marathon runner Dennis Oliech, soccer player...
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    Ngũgĩ wa Mirii (1951 – 2/3 May 2008) was a Kenyan-Zimbabwean playwright, social worker and teacher, most known for his play Ngaahika Ndeenda, which he...
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    and New York Marathon Champion, 2009 Rotterdam Half Marathon champion John Ngugi, World Cross Country Champion four consecutive titles between 1986 and...
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    Athletics, Aouita decided just to contest the 5000 m. In the 5000 m final, John Ngugi from Kenya set a fair pace, but by no means fast. Aouita, always in control...
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  • times between 1933 and 1939, Gaston Roelants between 1962 and 1972); John Ngugi, the first man to win five times; Paul Tergat, the first man to win five...
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    PMID 19070950. Odek, Willis Omondi; Busza, Joanna; Morris, Chester N.; Cleland, John; Ngugi, Elizabeth N.; Ferguson, Alan G. (2008). "Effects of Micro-Enterprise...
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    marathon world record-holder Paul Tergat, and 5000m Olympic gold medalist John Ngugi. Kenya's most decorated athlete is three-time Olympic gold medalist and...
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    Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971) is a Kenyan American poet, author, and academic. He is associate professor of literatures in English at Cornell University...
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  • Ignatov accelerating for a faster second lap. 900 metres into the race, John Ngugi went all in, coming from the back of the pack, passing the field and dropping...
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    three-way tie of 5 wins he had previously shared with Paul Tergat and John Ngugi. With this win, Kenenisa laid sole claim to most decorated athlete in...
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    Britain 3:36.15 Jens-Peter Herold  East Germany 3:36.21 5000 metres details John Ngugi  Kenya 13:11.70 Dieter Baumann  West Germany 13:15.52 Hansjörg Kunze  East...
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    Track - men - senior - all". World Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-27. "2023 John Thomas Terrier Classic Results" (PDF). lancertiming.com. 27 January 2023...
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    death on May 16, 2011. Other notables from Nyahururu are Bedan Karoki, John Ngugi and Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki. Laikipia University has two campuses, one...
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    Bounour (ALG) 1985: Wodajo Bulti (ETH) 1988: Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 1989: John Ngugi (KEN) 1990: Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) 1992: James Songok (KEN) 1993: Simon...
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  • Markus Ryffel  Switzerland António Leitão  Portugal 1988 Seoul details John Ngugi  Kenya Dieter Baumann  West Germany Hansjörg Kunze  East Germany 1992...
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    county. Nyandarua is famous for being the home of athletics such as; John Ngugi, Catherine Ndereba, Stanley Waithaka and the late Samuel Wanjiru (a one-time...
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    Catherine Ndereba, former Marathon world record-holder Paul Tergat, and John Ngugi. The question of why Kenyans are so dominant in distance running has given...
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  • Bounour (ALG) 1985: Wodajo Bulti (ETH) 1988: Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 1989: John Ngugi (KEN) 1990: Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) 1992: James Songok (KEN) 1993: Simon...
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  • Weep Not, Child (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    a 1964 novel by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. It was his first novel, published in 1964 under the name James Ngugi. It was in the African Writers...
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  • July 22, 1994 Succeeded by William Sigei Sporting positions Preceded by John Ngugi Men's 5,000 m Best Year Performance 1989 Succeeded by Salvatore Antibo...
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    Bounour (ALG) 1985: Wodajo Bulti (ETH) 1988: Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 1989: John Ngugi (KEN) 1990: Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) 1992: James Songok (KEN) 1993: Simon...
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    weighing 24 pounds (11 kg) would be provided for each crew member. Born: John Ngugi, Kenyan athlete and 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the 5000 metre race;...
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  • with Kenya alongside John Ngugi, Joseph Kiptum, Paul Kipkoech, Some Muge and Andrew Masai in 1986, then again in 1988 with Ngugi, Kipkoech, Kiptum, Boniface...
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  • world record holder Haile Gebrselassie, Olympic champions Derartu Tulu, John Ngugi and Rosa Mota, as well as world cross country champions such as Zersenay...
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    coast, the Kenyan highlands and back to Nairobi where World Champion John Ngugi carried it into the stadium in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 80,000...
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    Patrick Ngugi Njoroge is a Kenyan economist, banker and the ninth governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. Njoroge was born in Murang’a, Kenya, c. 1961...
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