medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's athletics ezra sambu
 september 4 , 1978
ezra sambu

ezra kenyoke sambu -lrb- born september 4 , 1978 in marigat , baringo county -rrb- is a kenyan sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres .
his personal best time is 44.43 seconds , achieved in july 2003 in nairobi .
this ranks him third in kenya , behind samson kitur and charles gitonga , and fifth in africa , behind innocent egbunike , kitur , gitonga and davis kamoga .
he won gold at the 2003 afro-asian games .
sambu was the captain of the kenyan team at the 2007 all-africa games .
he planned to retire after the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , china he did not , however , participate at the olympics .
as of 2009 , he is reported to be still active , although sidelined due to injury .
