death_date nationality sport birth_date article_title name
8 february 2008 kenyan running 24 october 1970 stephen kipkorir
 stephen arusei kipkorir
stephen kipkorir

stephen arusei kipkorir -lrb- 24 october 1970 -- 8 february 2008 -rrb- was a kenyan middle distance runner , best known for winning a bronze medal in 1500 metres at the 1996 summer olympics .
his running career began on 23 march 1996 , when he finished fourteenth at the world cross championships held in stellenbosch , south africa .
dr. gabriele rosa noticed him and convinced him to run the 1500 metres .
five months later he won the olympic bronze medal .
his personal best time in the 1500 metres was 3:31.87 minutes , achieved in july 1996 in lausanne .
his last international competition took place in 2001 .
after his brief athletic career he became a professional soldier .
he also owned a farm near sugoi , an area close to eldoret in which were living other athletes : moses tanui , joyce chepchumba and her husband aron , and david kiptoo .
kipkorir was killed in a military vehicle crash on the road between nakuru and eldoret .
