What is Ben Jipcho?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} [[File:Ben Jipcho 1972.jpg|right|200px]] '''Benjamin Wabura Jipcho''' (1 March 1943 – 24 July 2020) was a [[Kenya]]n track and field [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]]. He won the [[silver medal]] in the [[3000 metres steeplechase]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/ben-jipcho-1.html |title= Ben Jipcho |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120131091940/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/ben-jipcho-1.html |archivedate= 2012-01-31}}</ref> He was born in [[Mount Elgon District]], [[Western Province (Kenya)|Western Province]] in Kenya. Jipcho died on 24 July 2020 from [[prostate cancer]] at a hospital in [[Eldoret]], Kenya, aged 77.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/29530371/ben-jipcho-olympic-silver-medalist-played-role-1968-upset-jim-ryun-dies-77 Ben Jipcho, Olympic silver medalist who played role in 1968 upset of Jim Ryun, dies at 77]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Olympedia|72756|Ben Jipcho}} * {{IOC profile|ben-jipcho|Ben Jipcho}} * {{IAAF|14348335|Benjamin Jipcho}} * {{Olympic Channel|benjamin-wabura-jipcho|Benjamin Wabura Jipcho}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jipcho, Ben}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for Kenya]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists]] [[Category:Kenyan athletes]] {{sports-bio-stub}}