David Rudisha
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Born
1988 (37 years old)
Kilgoris, Narok County, KenyaPosition
Middle Distance Runner
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Retired
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1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
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76 kg (168 lb)
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David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner who is the world and Olympic record holder in the 800 metres. Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 m at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games, where, at the former, he set the world record in the event with a time of 1:40.91. He is also a two-time World champion (2011 and 2015) and two-time Diamond League champion (2010 and 2011) in the 800 m. Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 m under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest times ever run in this event, each being a world record when set.
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 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. In March 2024, Rudisha served as the World Athletics ambassador for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
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 Athletics Olympics Gold 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2016 | |
 World Athletics Championships Gold 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2015 | |
 Athletics Commonwealth Games Silver 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2014 | |
| Athletics Olympics Gold 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2012 | |
 Diamond League 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2011 | |
| World Athletics Championships Gold 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2011 | |
| Diamond League 800m | Kenya Athletics | 2010 | |
 World Athlete of the Year | Kenya Athletics | 2010 |
Milestones
 World Record in 800 metres | Kenya Athletics | 2012-08-09 | |
 Olympic Record in 800 metres | Kenya Athletics | 2012-08-09 | |
| World Record in 800 metres | Kenya Athletics | 2010-08-29 | |
| World Record in 800 metres | Kenya Athletics | 2010-08-22 |
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| Kenya Athletics | 2005-2017 | International | - | - |
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