What is Benjamin Kogo?
'''Benjamin Kogo''' (30 November 1944<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-12|title=Benjamin KOGO - Olympic Athletics {{!}} Kenya|url=https://www.olympic.org/benjamin-kogo|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref> – 20 January 2022) was a [[Kenya]]n athlete. His main sport was [[Steeplechase (athletics)|3000 metre steeplechase]] running. He won a silver medal at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/benjamin-kogo-1.html |title=Sports Reference |access-date=2018-04-01 |archive-date=2020-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/benjamin-kogo-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He won gold at the [[1965 All-Africa Games|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.<ref>[https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/athletics/2001435124/olympic-medalist-ben-kogo-is-dead Olympic medalist Ben Kogo is dead]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kogo, Benjamin}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Kenyan athletes]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for Kenya]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]]