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David Rudisha

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1988 (36 years old)

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Middle Distance Runner

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1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

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76 kg (168 lb)

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Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Mens 800 metres Final 15 Aug 16
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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.
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Olympics Gold
2016

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World Athletics Championships
2015

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Commonwealth Games Silver
2014

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Olympics Gold
2012

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World Athletics Championships
2011

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Diamond League
2011

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Diamond League
2010

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World Athlete of the Year
2010

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Olympic Record in 800 metres
2012-08-09
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World Record in 800 metres
2012-08-09


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