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Joseph Keter (born June 13, 1969) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Joseph Keter

Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	3000m steeplechase

Born in Lessos, Nandi District, Joseph Keter, an officer of Kenyan Army, had only one good season throughout his athletics career, which culminated with an Olympic gold medal.

Career

In Atlanta, the hot favourite to 3000 m steeplechase gold medal was a world record holder Moses Kiptanui. But in the Olympic final, Kiptanui was strongly challenged by his Armed Forces' colleague Keter. The Kenyan pair reached the final water jump side by side, but then Keter slowly edged ahead to win the gold medal by 1.11 seconds.

After the Olympic Games, Keter beat Kiptanui again in Zürich, running his personal best 8.05.99. After that glorious season, Keter kept running for some seasons and won the IAAF Grand Prix in 3000 m steeplechase in 1997.

External links

• Joseph Keter at World Athletics

На других языках

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- [en] Joseph Keter

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[fr] Joseph Keter

Joseph Keter, né le 13 juin 1969 à Lessos, est un athlète kényan, évoluant sur le 3 000 mètres steeple.

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[it] Joseph Keter

Joseph Keter (Lessos, 13 giugno 1969) è un ex siepista keniota, campione olimpico ad Atlanta 1996.

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[ru] Кетер, Джозеф

Джозеф Кетер — кенийский бегун. Олимпийский чемпион 1996 года на дистанции 3000 метров с препятствиями[1].

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