Dismus Onyiego

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Dismus Onyiego
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Born (1945-11-19) 19 November 1945 (age 79)
Nyanza, Kenya
Sport
Sport Sports shooting

Dismus Onyiego (born 19 November 1945) is a Kenyan former sports shooter. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]

Onyiego was the first native Kenyan shooter at the Olympics. [2] Prior to his Olympic debut, he competed at a tournament at Bisley and finished second. [3] After his career, Onyiego was a police officer, serving as the acting Nairobi Provincial Police Officer as of 1998. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dismus Onyiego". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "1956: Kenya debut at the Olympic Games..." SportsNews254– via Facebook. Dismus Onyiego was the first Native Kenyan shooter to compete at the Olympics 12 years later during Mexico City Games. Onyiego was later joined by 3 other native Kenyan shooters ... to compete at the Munich Games of 1972
  3. ↑ "Unknown title". Inside Kenya Today : 33. 1968.
  4. ↑ "Kenya: Police admit killing the wrong person" . Daily Nation . 29 July 1998 – via allAfrica.


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