Samson Kitur
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Samson Kitur (February 25, 1966 — April 25, 2003) was a Kenyan 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 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
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- Sports-reference profile
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- 1966 births
- 2003 deaths
- Kenyan male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen