Background
He was born in 1977 in Kiribwet, Kirindoni division, Transport Mara District.
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Education
He finished 5th at the 2004 Nairobi Marathon, timing 2:15:15 hours.
Career
He did not compete outside Kenya until 2003. Ngetich set his personal best of 2:12:10 hours when he finished second at the Houston Marathon in 2006. Post-election violence in his home country forced him and 13 other runners to drop out of the January 2008 Rock "n" Roll Arizona Marathon in Phoenix, Arizona.
Ngetich died after he was shot with a poisoned arrow on January 21, 2008 in Emarti, Transport Mara District, becoming the second international athlete to lose his life, after Lucas Sang, due to the political clashes.
He was buried at his home village of Kiribwet.
