Michael Omondi Jakoyo was a field hockey

Field hockey

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 midfielder and Olympic

Olympic Games

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 competitor from Kenya

Kenya

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He died in Nairobi

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Hockey career

He played High School hockey for Kisumu Boys' School. At the club level, he captained the now defunct Barclays Bank hockey club .

He competed for the Kenya national field hockey team

Kenya national field hockey team

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 at the 1984 Olympics

Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 and 1988 Olympics

Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 . He was also part of the Kenyan team that won gold at the 1987 All-Africa Games

1987 All-Africa Games

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 held in Nairobi. He is also gold medalist from the Africa Junior Championship held in 1982 in Kenya .

He captained Kenya at the 1989 Hockey African Cup of Nations . At the last match there, Kenya needed a win over Egypt in order to qualify for the 1990 Hockey World Cup

Hockey World Cup

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. Egypt equalised at the last moment, prompting Omondi to protest fiercely. As a consequence, Omondi was banned from playing hockey for two years. Omondi subsequently quit his playing career .

Coaching career

After retirement, he had a career in coaching, he was the head coach of USIU-A hockey club and Kenya women's national field hockey team . He was also the Match Secretary of Kenya Hockey Union .

Death

He died on September 17, 2008 at the Kenyatta National Hospital

Kenyatta National Hospital

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 in Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

after a short illness .