Through his years at primary school , Bayi continued to excel as an athlete immersing himself in competitions and working his way up to regional and then national competitions in the hopes of being like his idol , Kenya 's two-time Olympic gold medalist Kip Keino . Filbert Bayi is a middle distance athlete from Tanzania . He set a world record for the men 's 1500m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games . The first African to win an Olympic medal in athletics was Mwalimu Ndikumana of Malawi who won gold medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m events at London 2012 , He says : `` I would love to see one of my students to be president of this country ''
Filbert Bayi is a middle distance athlete from Tanzania . He set a world record for the men 's 1500m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games . The first African to win an Olympic medal in athletics was Mwalimu Ndikumana of Malawi who won gold medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m events at London 2012, He says : `` I would love to see one of my students to be president of this country ''