Kennedy Ondiek

Ondiek Kennedy ( born December 12, 1966; † 14 July 2011) was a Kenyan athlete.

Life

Ondiek was in the late 1980s to mid -1990s, one of the best sprinters of Kenya and participated in numerous international competitions. Together with Joseph Gikonyo, the 100 - and 200 -meter winners at the Africa Championships in Athletics in 1990 in Cairo, he made ​​a major contribution to make the Sprint popular in Kenya.

At the Olympic Summer Games in Seoul in 1988 he reached the quarterfinals in the 100 -meter and 200 - meter sprints of men. He also competed in the 4 x 100 - meter relay and reached together with Peter Wekesa, Simeon Kipkemboi and Elkanah Nyangau the semifinals.

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland he was eighth in the 200 -meter run, reaching beyond 1991, the 200-meter quarter- finals at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ​​he competed in the athletics competitions again in the 100 - and 200 -meter run, reaching the 200 -meter run again the quarterfinals. Also at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993, he retired again from after the quarter-finals, while he retired in 1994 at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria after the first round.

Ondiek died on July 14, 2011 under mysterious circumstances.

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