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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


Samson Kitur at World Athletics
Sports-reference profile

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar tokoh Kenya
• Samson Kitur
• Kitur
• List of Kenyans
• Simon Kitur
• David Kitur
• Samson (name)
• 400 metres
• Deaths in April 2003
• Kenya at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres