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
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 23rd 1:25:01 20 km walk
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th 1:26:57 20 km walk
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 1:29:12 20 km walk
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 39th 1:28:45 20 km walk
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 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
Olympic Games 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
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 2nd ? 20 km walk
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th 1:29:16 20 km walk

References

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