Robert Ouko (24 October 1948 – 18 August 2019) was a Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m

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Ouko won two golds at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, first in 800 m and then as a member of the Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team. At the same year he was also a member of a Kenyan 4x880 yd relay team, which set the new world record of 7:11.6. At the

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Olympics, Ouko was fifth in 800 m and ran the third leg in the gold medal-winning Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team. After his athletics career, Ouko worked as the secretary general in the Kenyan Amateur Athletic Association. Ouko died 18 August 2019.

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* 1948 births 2019 deaths Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic gold medalists for Kenya Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub

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