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Ugandan-Kenyan hurdler and sprinter
Bill Koskei
Birth name William Koskei Nationality Kenyan Born (1947-12-28 ) 28 December 1947 (age 76) Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Country
Uganda
Kenya Sport Men's
athletics
William Koskei (born 28 December 1947) was a Kenyan
track and field athlete who specialised in the
400 metres hurdles and
4 × 400 metres relay .
Biography
Koskei trained in Uganda early in his career and won a silver medal for his adopted country in the
400 metres hurdles at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games .
[1]
His appearance at the
1972 Summer Olympics came after he switched allegiances back to his native Kenya.
[2] He competed in the 400 metres hurdles where he was eliminated following his first heat, which he finished in fourth position.
[3]
He won further 400 metres hurdles medals over the next two years, a silver at the
1973 All-Africa Games and a bronze at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. At the
1974 British Commonwealth Games he was also a member of Kenya's gold medal winning 4 × 400 metres relay team.
He won another gold medal with the 4 × 400 metres relay team at the
1978 Commonwealth Games .
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4 x 440 yards (1930–1966)
1930 :
Leigh-Wood ,
Townend ,
Burghley ,
Brangwin (
ENG )
1934 :
Rathbone ,
Blake ,
Stoneley ,
Rampling (
ENG )
1938 :
Orr ,
Dale ,
Fritz ,
Loaring (
CAN )
1950 :
Carr ,
Gedge ,
Humphreys ,
Price (
AUS )
1954 :
Higgins ,
Dick ,
Fryer ,
Johnson (
ENG )
1958 :
Day ,
Evans ,
Potgieter ,
M.C. Spence (
RSA )
1962 :
Kerr ,
Khan ,
M.A. Spence ,
M. Spence (
JAM )
1966 :
Yearwood ,
Bernard ,
Roberts ,
Mottley (
TTO )
4 x 400 metres (1970–present)
1970 :
Nyamau ,
Sang ,
Ouko ,
Asati (
KEN )
1974 :
Asati ,
Musyoki ,
Sang ,
Koskei (
KEN )
1978 :
Kimaiyo ,
Ngetich ,
Njiri ,
Koskei (
KEN )
1982 :
Cook ,
Brown ,
Scutt ,
Bennett (
ENG )
1986 :
Akabusi ,
Brown ,
Black ,
Bennett (
ENG )
1990 :
D. Kitur ,
S. Kitur ,
Kipkemboi ,
Mwanzia (
KEN )
1994 :
McKenzie ,
Crampton ,
Patrick ,
Ladejo (
ENG )
1998 :
Clarke ,
Haughton ,
McDonald ,
Martin (
JAM )
2002 :
Deacon ,
Baldock ,
Rawlinson ,
Caines (
ENG )
2006 :
Steffensen ,
Troode ,
Ormrod ,
Hill (
AUS )
2010 :
Milburn ,
Moore ,
Cole ,
Wroe (
AUS )
2014 :
Williams ,
Bingham ,
Awde ,
Hudson-Smith (
ENG )
2018 :
Maotoanong ,
Thebe ,
Nkobolo ,
Makwala (
BOT )
2022 :
St. Hillaire ,
Guevara ,
Cedenio ,
Richards (
TTO )