Personal information | |
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Born | 10 October 2001 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 400m: 44.51 (2025) |
George Mutinda (born 10 October 2001) is a Kenyan sprinter. In 2025, he won the Kenyan Athletics Championships over 400 metres. [1]
A member of the Kenyan Police, he was a late adopter of athletics, having had a prior focus on basketball. He is coached by Salvan Mwangire. [2]
In June 2025, he ran a personal best of 44.51 seconds to win the men's 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships, a time that was under the World Championship qualifying standard in the event, and saw him finish ahead of Kenyan international runners Brian Tinega and Kevin Kipkorir who both ran at the 2025 World Athletics Relays the previous month. [3] [4] [5]
He had been selected to represent Kenya at the World University Games in Germany in 2025 but decided to forego his place in order to compete at the Kenyan World Championships Trials. [6] In July 2025, he was subsequently named alongside Tinega and Kipkorir in the Kenyan team for the individual 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. [7]
His is from Masaii in Machakos County. He studied criminology at the University of Embu. [2]