David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, two-time World Champion (2011 and 2015), and world record holder in the 800 metres. He established his running career at St. Francis Kimuron High School in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800m under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest, six of the eight fastest, and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event. He also holds the world's best time in the 500 metres, with a time of 57.69, and the African record for the 600 metres, with a time of 1:13.10. Rudisha has won a record three consecutive Track & Field Athlete of the Year awards (tied with Carl Lewis), and also won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award in 2010.
1988Dec, 17
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