Daniel Kimaiyo (born 11 January 1948) is a Kenyan former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who specialised in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He became the first African to win the 400 m hurdles title at the Commonwealth Games in 1978, doing so in a time of 49.48 seconds after setting a lifetime best of 49.20 seconds in qualifying. He also led off the Kenyan

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quartet to win a second gold in a Games record of 3:03.54 minutes.Commonwealth Games medallists (Men)
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-04-02. That year he also secured a continental title at the

1978 All-Africa Games The 3rd All-Africa Games – Algiers 1978 was a multi-sport event played from July 13, 1978, to July 28, 1978, in Algiers, Algeria. 45 countries from 49 independent African countries participated in twelve sports. At the closing ceremonies the ...

, succeeding John Akii-Bua, and won a relay bronze with Kenya. Kimaiyo won a second continental title at the

1979 African Championships in Athletics The 1979 African Championships in Athletics were held in the Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal, between 2 and 5 August. There were a total number of 251 competitors from 24 countries, with 23 men's and 16 women's events. Medal summary Men' ...

, where he was the inaugural 400 m hurdles champion. With the 4 × 400 m relay team he also helped his nation to the first ever title. In addition to these titles, he was the winner of the hurdles at the

East and Central African Championships The East and Central African Championships was an annual international athletics competition between nations in East and Central Africa. The event was established as the East African Championships in 1955, building upon of international athletics ...

.East and Central African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-04-02.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimaiyo, Daniel Living people 1948 births Kenyan male hurdlers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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