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David Rudisha

Kenyan middle distance runner
Person Human Q1659

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
December 17, 1988
Place of birth
Kilgoris
Country of citizenship
Kenya[6]
Occupation
athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
Father
Daniel Rudisha[5]
Official website
www.rudishadavid.com[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Competition won
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2008 African Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, 2010 African Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, Ligue de diamant 2010 - 800 m masculin, 2011 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, Ligue de diamant 2011 - 800 m masculin, athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Country for sport
Kenya[28]
Family name
Rudisha[9]
Given name
David[10]
Height
+190[31]
Mass
+76[32]
Name in native language
David Lekuta Rudisha[29]
Participant in
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2008 African Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, 2010 African Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, Ligue de diamant 2010 - 800 m masculin, Ligue de diamant 2011 - 800 m masculin, 2011 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 800 m masculin à la Ligue de diamant 2012, athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – men's 800 metres, 2014 IAAF Diamond League, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Record held
list of world records in athletics, list of world records in athletics, list of world records in athletics[12]
Social media followers
398k (364k–398k, n=4)[46][47][48][49]
Sport
athletics[8]
Sports discipline competed in
800 metres, 400 metres[33][34]
Start of work period
2004[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Lekuta Rudisha en David Rudisha ar ديفيد روديشا da David Lekuta Rudisha de David Lekuta Rudisha el Ντέιβιντ Ρουντίσα es David Lekuta Rudisha fa داوید لکوتا fi David Lekuta Rudisha he דייוויד רודישה hu David Lekuta Rudisha it David Lekuta Rudisha ja デイヴィッド・レクタ・ルディシャ ko 데이비드 루디샤 nl David Lekuta Rudisha pl David Lekuta Rudisha ru David Lekuta Rudisha ru Дэвид Рудиша ru Рудиша, Дэвид tr David Lekuta Rudisha
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
David Rudisha Daegu 2011.jpg ↗
All-Athletics.com ID (archived)
56117
Athletics Podium person ID
691
Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived)
67142
Diamond League athlete ID
14209691
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
david-rudisha
Freebase ID
/m/043p_rf
GTAA ID
232452
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
David_Rudisha
Instagram username
rudisha800m
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000015783
Munzinger Sport number
01000007995
Show all 25 identifiers +13
NE.se ID
david-rudisha
Olympedia people ID
123568
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived)
david-lekuta-rudisha
Olympics.com athlete ID
david-rudisha
Prabook ID
726827
Quora topic ID
David-Rudisha
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
ru/david-rudisha-1
Threads username
rudisha800m
Tilastopaja male athlete ID
83942
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID
17448
Trading Card Database name ID
174718
World Athletics athlete ID
209036, 14209691
X (Twitter) username
rudishadavid

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🔗 Connections
Participant in 7
athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2011 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, 2014 IAAF Diamond League, 2010 IAAF Continental Cup
Competition won 6
athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2011 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, 2010 IAAF Continental Cup
Record held 3
list of world records in athletics, list of world records in athletics, list of world records in athletics
← Winner 3
athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, 2015 World Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres
Occupation 2
athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
Participated in 2
athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metres
Sports discipline competed in 2
400 metres, 800 metres
Country for sport 1
Kenya
Country of citizenship 1
Kenya
Father 1
Daniel Rudisha
Given name 1
David
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Parent of 1
Daniel Rudisha
Place of birth 1
Kilgoris
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
athletics
← Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Edmund of Abingdon
← SNARC ID 1
Avellaneda
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Summary

David Rudisha was born on December 17, 1988[1], in Kilgoris[2]. He has worked as an athletics competitor[3] and middle-distance runner[4].

FAQs

Where was David Rudisha born?

David Rudisha's place of birth was Kilgoris[2].

Who were David Rudisha's parents?

David Rudisha's father was Daniel Rudisha[5].

What did David Rudisha do for work?

David Rudisha worked as an athletics competitor[3] and middle-distance runner[4].

Related Entities

Kenya

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  7. [1] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  41. [41] ↑ . athletics.africa. Retrieved . athletics.africa. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for place of birth, source for date of birth from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot…"
  2. 9w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
    Participant in → 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – men's 800 met, 2008 African Championships in Athletics – men's 800 metres, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final +1
    Athletics Podium person ID → 691
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Athletics Podium person ID: 691, add P13725 (691) via athpod"
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