Lameck Aguta Orero[1] (born October 10, 1971) is a former Kenyan marathon runner.
He finished fourth in that race, which was the 100th running of the Boston Marathon.
His best time in the half marathon is 1:00:55 hours at the 1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in South Shields, England.
Three months after winning the 1997 Boston Marathon, Aguta was the victim of a vicious robbery in his home country of Kenya during which he was clubbed in the back of the head after emerging from an auto accident.
He ran the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 2004 before attempting to run Boston again in 2005.