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	Amos Biwott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amos Biwott (born September 8, 1947) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
		Born in Nandi, Kenya, Amos Biwott was the first of long line of Kenyan runners who had starred the 3000 m steeplechase ever since Biwott's surprising win at the Mexico Olympics and pioneered the fl Africa's dominance at the long distance running.
		Biwott hadn’t run many steeplechase races before the Olympics, only three of them, and his technique was not the best, using a then comically rustic hurdling style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amos_Biwott (271 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Amos Tversky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Amos Tversky (March 16, 1937 - June 2, 1996) was a pioneer of cognitive science, a longtime collaborator of Daniel Kahneman, and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
		With Kahneman, he originated prospect theory to explain irrational human economic choices.
		Amos Tversky was married to Barbara Tversky, presently a professor in the human development department at Teachers College, Columbia University.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Amos_Tversky (140 words)

	Track & Field News :: View topic - Who is the luckiest athlete to win Oly Gold?
		Biwott ran a total of 6 steeplechase races in 1968: 3 in Kenya in August and 3 in Mexico City in October.
		Biwott wasn't the best guy in the field, if not for the altitude that hurt the other competitors.
		Biwott didn't completely disappear after '68 but his record is quite spotty.
	mb.trackandfieldnews.com /discussion/viewtopic.php?t=2194 (2553 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Amos Biwott, now 55, is so poor he sometimes cannot afford the 100-shilling (US$1.20) bus fare to watch athletics meetings in the nearby town of Eldoret, the capital of Kenyan distance running.
		Born in September 1948 in Nandi, Biwott was 20 years old and still attending Lelmokwo Secondary School when he and compatriot Benjamin Kogo won Olympic gold and silver respectively in Mexico.
		Biwott remained unemployed until 1986 when he landed a job as a watchman at the newly built stadium but he was dismissed three years ago and has remained at home since.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2004/02/28/2003100515 (1107 words)

	Daily Nation on the Web
		Amos Biwott, now 55, is so poor he sometimes cannot afford the 100-shilling bus fare to watch athletics meetings in Eldoret, the capital of Kenyan distance running.
		Biwott’s 3,000m steeplechase gold medal in Mexico City in 1968 was Kenya’s first Olympic title over the distance..
		For the likes of Stephen Cherono, who has defected to Qatar and adopted the name Saif Saeed Shaheen in return for better training facilities and the promise of $1,000 (Sh77,000)a month for life, government promises can wait.
	nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/28022004/Sports/Sports2802200410.html (1186 words)

	Kenya’s performance over the years
		Super stars like Kipchoge Keino, Charles Asati, Amos Biwott and Henry Rono, John Ngugi and Paul Tergat have become synonymous with Kenya.
		A total of eight medals were won and the late Naftali Temu became the first Kenyan to win Olympic gold in the10,000m (29:27.4).
		A 21-year-old Rift valley student, Amos Biwott gave Kenya another gold in the 3000m steeplechase and Kipchoge Keino added the tally with another gold in the 1500m.
	eastandard.net /archives/august/fri13082004/sports/sport12080407.htm (910 words)

	Kenya’s golden moment of glory
		The few Kenyan flags waved by pockets of fans on the terraces were shown on the big screen as Kemboi, youngster Brimin Kipruto and Paul Kipsiele Koech took the lap of honour.
		The heroic trio triumphantly kept away pretenders to the title and continued the legacy set by Amos Biwott in Mexico City in 1968 – six gold out of six Olympics.
		Kemboi, who won silver medal in last year’s World Championships in Paris, broke away from the last water jump to win in 8:05.81 with Kipruto second in 8:06.11 and Koech third in 8:06.64.
	eastandard.net /archives/august/wed25082004/headlines/news07070419.htm (571 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Amos Biwott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/?title=Amos_Biwott (397 words)

	Jon Entine specializes in sports and race, business ethics, socially responsible investing, and green brand marketing
		Yet by 1984, the 100-meter finals had become a reverse of the all white races of the old "Chariots of Fire" days.
		Similarly, whites won all the steeplechase medals until 1968, when an untrained Kenyan named Amos Biwott, using a comically rustic hurdling style, stunned the track world.
		Observers expected that Biwott's win would herald a new era in which a wider variety of peoples would take their turn on the steeplechase medals' podium.
	www.jonentine.com /reviews/UPI_reconstruction.htm (1673 words)

	The EastAfrican on the Web
		However, the Kenya athletics authorities failed to take these efforts seriously and Kenya lost a great opportunity to develop a profile as an organiser of international track and field events.
		A different profile from the one created by the magnificent feat of Olympians Wilson Kiprugut in Tokyo (1964), Kipchoge Keino, Naphtaly Temu, Amos Biwott (Mexico City 1968), Robert Ouko, Daniel Rudisha, Charles Asati and Julius Sang (Munich 1972), Paul Ereng, John Ngugi, Peter Rono and Julius Kariuki (Seoul Korea, 1988) and William Tanui (Barcelona 1992).
		One can only hope with the success of the May 7 meeting, better things are in the offing for the region.
	www.nationmedia.com /eastafrican/16052005/Sports/Sports1.html (663 words)

	International Reporting Project - Fellows' Stories
		The Kenyan running mystique can be traced to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
		Three Kenyans won gold medals -- Naftali Temu in the 10,000 meters, Amos Biwott in the steeplechase and, in the 1,500 meters, Kipchoge Keino, the most famous and beloved.
		Keino arrived at the Games with stomach pains that were later diagnosed as a severe gall bladder infection.
	www.pewfellowships.org /stories/kenya/pf_kenya_ff1.htm (2342 words)

	Daily Nation on the Web
		Kenya's domination in the 3,000 metres steeplechase suffered a severe blow in 2001 when the country lost the world record to Moroccan Brahim Boulami for the first time in 23 years.
		Kenyans have been a world leader in this event since 1968 when Amos Biwott won the first of the country's seven record gold medals at the Olympics.
		With the exception of 1987, Kenyans have also taken all successive world titles too.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/01012002/News/2001Sports20.html (319 words)

	CanadianRunner.com - Go The Distance! - Kenyan Women Out to Ensure Steeplechase Tradition Lives On
		But Kenya girls Salome Chepchumba, Jeruto Kiptum and Jackline Chemwok will be entering uncharted territory in the women's steeplechase event being held at the championships for the first time.
		Emulating the men would be a good entry point into a tradition that started in Mexico City in the1968 Olympic Games when Amos Biwott won the title running barefoot.
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	Track & Field News :: View topic - Worst athlete to win Olympic Gold?
		Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:57 am Post subject: Re: Worst athlete to win Olympic Gold?
		Oh come on, the clear "winner" here is Amos Biwott.
		Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Worst athlete to win Olympic Gold?
	mb.trackandfieldnews.com /discussion/viewtopic.php?t=2147 (1263 words)

	Biwott, Amos - Kenyan runner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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