David Kimutai

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David Kimutai Rotich (born 19 August 1969), is a race walker from Kenya. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics.

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Kimutai was born in Sotik. He began his athletics career by competing in long distance running, particularly 10000 metres, but without much success. He then switched to race walking. His personal record in 20 km walk (1:20:40) was set at the Kenyan Championships in 1996. [1]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1995 All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 2nd20 km walk1:31:02
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd20 km walk1:30:05
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 23rd 20 km walk 1:25:01
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th 20 km walk 1:26:57
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 20 km walk 1:29:12
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 39th 20 km walk 1:28:45
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 3rd 20 km walk 1:28.20
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 4th 20 km walk 1:25:42
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 20 km walk 1:23:58
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 2nd 20 km walk 1:24:16
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4th 20 km walk 1:25:08
Olympic Games Beijing, China 19th 20 km walk 1:22:21
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 32nd 20 km walk 1:26:35
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 2nd 20 km walk 1:21:07
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 4th 20 km walk 1:25:29
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 32nd 20 km walk 1:27:20
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 2nd 20 km walk ?
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th 20 km walk 1:29:16
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th 20 km walk 1:29:54

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References

  1. The Standard, 3 May 2008: "Kimutai to defend 20km title today"