Julius Gitahi
Julius Gitahi (born April 29, 1978 in Nyeri ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .
Life
In 1999 he won over 5000m gold at the Pan-African Games in Johannesburg and the following year he was ninth over the same distance at the Olympic Games in Sydney .
In 2007 he won the Hokkaidō Marathon , and in 2008 he was third in the Tokyo Marathon and seventh in the Hokkaidō Marathon.
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 7: 31.13 min, July 9, 1998, Oslo
- 5000 m: 13: 01.89 min, August 5, 1998, Stockholm
- 10,000 m : 27: 11.17 min, April 26, 1998, Kobe
- Half marathon : 1:01:33 h, March 15, 1998, Yamaguchi
- Marathon : 2:08:57 h, February 17, 2008, Tokyo
Web links
- Julius Gitahi in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Julius Gitahi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Gitahi and Kano win in the heat at the Hokkaido Marathon ( Memento of September 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). September 9, 2007
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| SURNAME | Gitahi, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyeri |