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{{short description|Kenyan sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Kenya national athletics team|Kenya]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|400 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1991 All-Africa Games|1991 Cairo]]|[[Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games|400 m]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1995 All-Africa Games|1995 Harare]]|[[Athletics at the 1995 All-Africa Games|400 m]]}}
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'''Samson Kitur''' (February 25, 1966 — April 25, 2003) was a Kenyan [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]], and an Olympic medalist in 1992.

==Biography==
Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances [[800 metres]] and up, Kitur specialised in the [[400 metres]]. He won the continental championship in 1991, and the next year he took the [[bronze medal]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], behind winner [[Quincy Watts]]. A year later, another bronze medal was his at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]].

He died suddenly of an unspecified illness at age 37 in his home in [[Eldoret]], his home Kerotet Village near Ziwa.

Two of his brothers were also Olympic athletes: [[Simon Kitur]] and [[David Kitur]].

==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Samson Kitur}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/samson-kitur-1.html Sports-reference profile]

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