Charles Asati

Charles Asati ( born March 3 1946) is a former Kenyan sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City Asati competed in three disciplines. In the 100 -meter run, he retired with 10.63 s in the flow of over 200 m, he was the lead in 20.66 s, but retired in the quarterfinals of. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay, the Kenyan team's surprising silver in 2:59,64 minutes behind the relay from won in the cast Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Naftali Bon and Daniel Rudisha the United States, whose world record of 2: was undercut 56.16 min until 1992.

1970 won Asati at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in the 400 - meter dash in 45.01 seconds and won bronze over 200m in 20.74 s, the relay in the cast Nyamau, Julius Sang, Robert Ouko and Asati won in 3: 03.63 min.

The 400 - meter sprint at the 1972 Olympic Games, won the American Vince Matthews ahead of his teammate Wayne Collett and Julius Sang. Charles Asati was fourth in 45.13 seconds. At the award ceremony itself Matthews and Collett behaved so that the team lead of the United States, the two excluded by the squadron. As John Smith had injured over 400 meters in the final, the hochfavorisierte U.S. relay had burst. In the final, the Kenyan quartet with 2:59,83 min remained the only under three minutes and won in the cast Asati, Nyamau, Ouko and Sang gold.

In the British Commonwealth Games in 1974 in Christchurch Asati could repeat his double victory of 1970. He won the 400 - meter dash in 46.04 seconds and won the relay race in 3:04,43 min in the cast Asati, Francis Musyoki Bill Koskei and Sang.

Charles Asati is 1,78 m tall and weighed 68 kg in his playing days.