Julius Gitahi

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Julius Gitahi (born 29 April 1978 in Nyeri, Central Province) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Achievements

Representing Kenya
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	1st	10,000 m	27:49.26
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	5000 m	13:49.06
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	5000 m	13:39.11
2007	Hokkaido Marathon	Sapporo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:17:26

References

Julius Gitahi profile at IAAF
sports-reference

v t e All-Africa Games Champions in Men's 5000 m

1965: Kipchoge Keino (KEN) 1973: Ben Jipcho (KEN) 1978: Yohannes Mohamed (ETH) 1987: John Ngugi (KEN) 1991: Fita Bayisa (ETH) 1995: Josephat Machuka (KEN) 1999: Julius Gitahi (KEN) 2003: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2007 – 2011: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)

Hokkaido Men's Marathon Winners

1987: Fedor Ryzhov (URS)
1988: Masayuki Nishi (JPN)
1989: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
1990: Futoshi Shinohara (JPN)
1991: Koichi Fujita (JPN)
1992: Michael Scout (RSA)
1993: Tadesse Gebre (ETH)
1994: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
1995: Tadesse Gebre (ETH)
1996: Biruk Bekele (ETH)
1997: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
1998: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
1999: Masahiro Matsumoto (JPN)
2000: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
2001: Tsutomu Sassa (JPN)
2002: Samson Kandie (KEN)
2003: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
2004: Laban Kagika (KEN)
2005: Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)
2006: Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)
2007: Julius Gitahi (KEN)
2008: Masaru Takamizawa (JPN)
2009: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
2010: Cyrus Njui (KEN)
2011: Harun Njoroge Mbugua (KEN)

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