Bartonjo Rotich | |
Birth Place: | Baringo District, Kenya |
Death Date: | [1] [2] |
Height: | 1.65m (05.41feet) |
Weight: | 63kg (139lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 400 m, 400 m hurdles |
Pb: | 400 m – 47.0y (1960) 400 mH – 51.39 (1960) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Bartonjo Rotich (25 May 1938 - 7 October 2019) is a runner from Kenya who specialised in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.
He went to Alliance High School.[3] Rotich competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but failed to advance past 400 metres heats and 4x400 metres relay heats.[4]
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he finished third in the 440 yards hurdles race.[5] By this result he became the first Kenyan athlete to win a medal at any intercontinental championships alongside Arere Anentia, who won bronze medal over 6 miles race.[3] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and he reached 400 metres hurdles semifinals and 400 metres quarterfinals.[4]
He was the chairman of Athletics Kenya from 1968 to 1972.[6]