Rudisha at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea
Personal information
Birth name
David Lekuta Rudisha[1]
Born
(1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 35)[1] Kilgoris, Narok County, Kenya[1]
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Weight
76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Track and field
Event
800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
400 m: 45.50 (Sydney 2010)
500 m: 57.69 WB[a] (Newcastle 2016)
600 m: 1:13.10 AB (Birmingham 2016)
800 m: 1:40.91 WR (London 2012)
1000 m: 2:19.43 (Ostrava 2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
2012 London
800 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro
800 m
World Championships
2011 Daegu
800 m
2015 Beijing
800 m
Diamond League
2010
800 m
2011
800 m
World Junior Championships
2006 Beijing
800 m
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow
800 m
African Championships
2008 Addis Ababa
800 m
2010 Nairobi
800 m
Representing Africa
Continental Cup
2010 Split
800 m
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988)[3] is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from the 2011 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, and a world record holder at the event with a time of 1:40.91, set at the 2012 London Games on 9 August 2012.[4][5] Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 metres 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.[6]
Rudisha established his running career at the St. Francis Kimuron High School in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. He won 800 m titles at the 2006 World Junior Championships as well as the 2008 and 2010 African Championships, and earned the 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medal. He also holds the world's best time in the 500 metres[a] and the African best for the 600 metres. He is a two-time Diamond League 800 m winner. Rudisha won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award in 2010 and three consecutive Track & Field News Athlete of the Year awards.
In May 2022, Rudisha announced he would be running for election in his native Kenya as an independent candidate in the Kilgoris Constituency.[7]
In March 2024, Rudisha served as the World Athletics ambassador for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[8]
^ abcdeEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Rudisha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^Wokabi, James; Mutuota, Mutwiri (15 July 2008). "Focus on Athletes: David Lekuta Rudisha". IAAF.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^"David RUDISHA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^Rostance, Tom (9 August 2012). "David Rudisha breaks 800m world record in Olympics win". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^Bull, Andy (9 August 2012). "David Rudisha breaks world record to win Olympic 800m gold for Kenya". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^"Men's 800 Metres All-Time List". IAAF.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^Malowa, Didacus (3 May 2022). ""I'm shocked!": Rudisha's wife Naanyu surprised he's seeking Kilgoris MP seat". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^"Rudisha announced as ambassador for WIC Glasgow 24 | News | Glasgow 24 | World Athletics Indoor Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic...
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tactic. The current world record (by DavidRudisha) was run with a positive split in the 2012 Olympics. Rudisha ran the first lap in 49.28 seconds and...
and a final between eight runners. The Olympic records are held by DavidRudisha, who ran a world record of 1:40.91 minutes in 2012, and Nadiya Olizarenko...
2012 Olympic Games. During the Athletics events of the Olympic Games, DavidRudisha broke his own world record for the 800 metres to become the first man...
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September 2016). "Rudisha sizzles fast 500m in Newcastle". IAAF. Retrieved 23 January 2017. Bob Ramsak (10 September 2016). "Rudisha sizzles fast 500m...
and Bill Bates. Retrieved 2 November 2021. "DavidRUDISHA". IOC. Retrieved 25 October 2021. "DavidRudisha". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 25 October...
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equal or superior to 1:14.79: John Kipkurgat also ran 1:13.2+ h (1974). DavidRudisha also ran 1:13.71 (2014), 1:14.30+ (2012), and 1:14.4+ h (2010). Joseph...
BBC News, 22 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2023. Barry Roberts, "Rudisha and Vlasic named best-performing athletes of 2010", The Independent, 22...
25 August 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008. Ramsak, Bob (14 May 2010). "Rudisha and Powell impress as IAAF Diamond League kicks off in Doha – Report"....
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