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 States23rd 20 km walk 1:25:01
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5th 20 km walk 1:26:57
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa1st 20 km walk 1:29:12
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia39th 20 km walk 1:28:45
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom3rd 20 km walk 1:28.20
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia4th 20 km walk 1:25:42
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 20 km walk 1:23:58
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria2nd 20 km walk 1:24:16
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia4th 20 km walk 1:25:08
Olympic Games Beijing, China19th 20 km walk 1:22:21
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany32nd 20 km walk 1:26:35
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya2nd 20 km walk 1:21:07
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India4th 20 km walk 1:25:29
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea32nd 20 km walk 1:27:20
2012 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin2nd 20 km walk ?
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco5th 20 km walk 1:29:16
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th 20 km walk 1:29:54

References

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