Know your Olympian: Stephen Kiprotich

Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich is the reigning Olympic marathon champion who stunned Kenyan marathon favourites Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang to win gold in 2012 in London. Now Ugandans are counting on him to bring glory back home once again at the Rio Olympics.

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On Aug 4, 2016

He won the first Olympic gold medal for Uganda since 1972

40 years is a long time, and this guy finally broke the Olympic dry spell.

He is the second person, after Ethiopian Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship gold medal for the same event

This is after winning gold at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics immediately after his Olympic win.

His role model is John Akii-Bua

Akii-Bua is the only other Ugandan Olympic gold medalist who won the 400m hurdles in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, setting a new world record in the process.

He dropped out of school to focus on athletics

He quit school at 17 and moved to Kenya's home of champions - Eldoret.

He's to battle Kenya's Stanley Biwott, Eliud Kipchoge and Wesley Korir for gold in Rio

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