Charles Gitonga
Kenyan sprinter
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| Born | 5 October 1971 (1971-10-05) (age 52) Nyeri, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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Charles Gitonga (born 5 October 1971) is a retired athlete from Kenya who specialized in the 400 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
His personal best time was 44.20 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Nairobi. The result gives him a 19th place on the world all-time performers list, and is only 0.02 seconds behind the Kenyan record set by Samson Kitur four years earlier.
External links
- Charles Gitonga at World Athletics
- Charles Gitonga at Olympics.com
- Charles Gitonga at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's 400 metres
(1930–1966)
- 1930:
Alex Wilson (CAN) - 1934:
Godfrey Rampling (ENG) - 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG)
- 1950:
Edwin Carr (AUS) - 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS)
- 1958:
Milkha Singh (IND) - 1962:
George Kerr (JAM) - 1966:
Wendell Mottley (TRI)
(1970–present)
- 1970:
Charles Asati (KEN) - 1974: Charles Asati (KEN)
- 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS)
- 1982:
Bert Cameron (JAM) - 1986: Roger Black (ENG)
- 1990: Darren Clark (AUS)
- 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN)
- 1998:
Iwan Thomas (WAL) - 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM)
- 2006: John Steffensen (AUS)
- 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN)
- 2014:
Kirani James (GRN) - 2018:
Isaac Makwala (BOT) - 2022:
Muzala Samukonga (ZAM)
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