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Julius Yego
Photograph via Wikimedia Commons
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Julius Yego

born 1989

'YouTube Man', world javelin champion

Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Kenya Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.

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A javelin thrower who learned much of his technique from online videos and became world champion in 2015.

He won silver at the 2016 Olympics, Kenya's first Olympic medal in a field event.
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