Kenyan racewalker
David Kimutai Rotich (born 19 August 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]
International competitions [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 1995 All-Africa Games Harare , Zimbabwe 2nd 20 km walk 1:31:02 1996 African Championships Yaoundé , Cameroon 2nd 20 km walk 1:30:05 Olympic Games Atlanta , United States 23rd 20 km walk 1:25:01 1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 5th 20 km walk 1:26:57 1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg , South Africa 1st 20 km walk 1:29:12 2000 Olympic Games Sydney , Australia 39th 20 km walk 1:28:45 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester , United Kingdom 3rd 20 km walk 1:28.20 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne , Australia 4th 20 km walk 1:25:42 African Championships Bambous , Mauritius 1st 20 km walk 1:23:58 2007 All-Africa Games Algiers , Algeria 2nd 20 km walk 1:24:16 2008 African Championships Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 4th 20 km walk 1:25:08 Olympic Games Beijing , China 19th 20 km walk 1:22:21 2009 World Championships Berlin , Germany 32nd 20 km walk 1:26:35 2010 African Championships Nairobi , Kenya 2nd 20 km walk 1:21:07 Commonwealth Games New Delhi , India 4th 20 km walk 1:25:29 2011 World Championships Daegu , South Korea 32nd 20 km walk 1:27:20 2012 African Championships Porto Novo , Benin 2nd 20 km walk ? 2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th 20 km walk 1:29:16 2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th 20 km walk 1:29:54
^ The Standard , 3 May 2008: "Kimutai to defend 20km title today"
10,000 m track walk in 1979