Meet the Champion who brought first Olympic medal to Kenyan soil

Wilson Chumo (left) is awarded during the recent Mashujaa celebrations

Since Kenya first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, winning medals proved a hard nut to crack. For years, no athlete had won any Olympic trophy. But in 1964, one champion put the country on the global map.

Wilson Kiprugut Chumo was the first Kenyan and African, to win an Olympic medal when he bagged bronze in the 880 yards (now 800 metres) race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.