Davis Kamoga (born July 17, 1968) is a
Uganda
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athlete competing in
400 m
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. He won the bronze medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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.
In 1997 he won the first Ugandan medal at the World Championships, a silver medal in the
1997 World Championships in
Athens
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in a personal best time of 44.37 seconds. This is the national record, and ranks him fourth in Africa, behind
Innocent Egbunike
Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria.
He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres.
M ...
,
Samson Kitur
Samson Kitur (February 25, 1966 — April 25, 2003) was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992.
Biography
Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances 800 metres and up, Kitur specialised in the 400 metres. He won t ...
and
Charles Gitonga.
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1968 births
Living people
Ugandan male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Uganda
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Uganda
World Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
20th-century Ugandan people
21st-century Ugandan people
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