David Kimutai

Not to be confused with David Kimutai Too, an assassinated Kenyan politician.

David Kimutai Rotich (born August 19, 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.

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]

Achievements

Representing  Kenya
Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Time	Extra
1995	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	2nd	1:31:02	20 km walk
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	2nd	1:30:05	20 km walk
	Olympics	Atlanta, USA	23rd	1:25:01	20 km walk
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th		20 km walk
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	1:29:12	20 km walk
2000	Olympics	Sydney, Australia	39th	1:28:45	20 km walk
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	3rd	1:28.20	20 km walk
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	4th	1:25:42	20 km walk
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	1:23:58	20 km walk
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	1:24:16	20 km walk
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	4th	1:25:08	20 km walk
	Olympics	Beijing, China	19th	1:22:21	20 km walk
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	32nd	1:26:35	20 km walk
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	2nd	1:21:07	20 km walk
	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	4th	1:25:29	20 km walk
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	32nd	1:27:20	20 km walk

References

• IAAF profile for David Kimutai

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

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