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Charles Gitonga Personal information Born 5 October 1971 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for Kenya
Commonwealth Games Gold 1994 Victoria 400 metres Charles Gitonga (born 5 October 1971) is a retired athlete from Kenya who specialized in the 400 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
His personal best time was 44.20 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Nairobi. The result gives him a 19th place on the world all-time performers list, and is only 0.02 seconds behind the Kenyan record set by Samson Kitur four years earlier.
External links
- IAAF profile for Charles Gitonga
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 400 m 1930 – 1966: 440 yards • 1970 – present: 400 metres 1930: Alex Wilson (CAN) • 1934: Godfrey Rampling (ENG) • 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG) • 1950: Edwin Carr (AUS) • 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS) • 1958: Milkha Singh (IND) • 1962: George Kerr (JAM) • 1966: Wendell Mottley (TRI) • 1970: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1974: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS) • 1982: Bert Cameron (JAM) • 1986: Roger Black (ENG) • 1990: Darren Clark (AUS) • 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (WAL) • 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) • 2006: John Steffensen (AUS) • 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN)
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Kenyan sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs
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