Sport Athletics Name Bartonjo Rotich Height 1.65 m Education Alliance High School | Event(s) 400 m, 400 m hurdles Role Olympic athlete Weight 63 kg | |
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Born 25 May 1938 (age 85) ( 1938-05-25 ) Baringo District, Kenya Personal best(s) 400 m – 47.0y (1960)
400 mH – 51.39 (1960) | ||
Bartonjo Rotich (born 25 May 1938) is a retired runner from Kenya who specialised in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.
He went to Alliance High School. Rotich competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but failed to advance past 400 metres heats and 4x400 metres relay heats.
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he finished third in the 440 yards hurdles race. By this result he became the first Kenyan athlete to win a medal at any intercontinental championships alongside Arere Anentia, who won bronze medal over 6 miles race. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and he reached 400 metres hurdles semifinals and 400 metres quarterfinals.
He was the chairman of Athletics Kenya from 1968 to 1972.
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