Wilson Kiprugut Chuma, who won Kenya's first Olympic medallist at the 1964 Tokyo Games, has died at the age of 84.

Chuma died on Tuesday in hospital in the northwestern Kenyan town of Kericho after collapsing at his home, his family said.

Kiprugut won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and followed that up with a silver over the same distance in Mexico City four years later.

Athletics Kenya hailed Chuma, a former Kenyan army officer, as an "inspiration" to the next generation of the country's legendary track and field stars.

The president of Kenya's National Olympic Committee hailed Kiprugut as a "trailblazer"