David Kitur (born October 12, 1962) is a retired

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n runner, who specialised in

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. In 1983, at the inaugural world championships he was part of the Kenyan 4x400 metres relay team, which reached semifinals. He competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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and 4x400 metres race, reaching semifinals in both.Sports-reference.com - David Kitur
He won bronze over 400 metres at the 1985 African Championships in Athletics, and may have been part of the 4 × 400 m relay team that won gold.gbrathletics.com
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/ref> At the 1987 All-Africa Games, held in Nairobi, Kenya, he finished second behind

Innocent Egbunike Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres. M ...

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. He finished sixth in the 400 metres race at the 1987 World Championships. The Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team, which he was part of, finished 5th. At the 1990 African Championships in Athletics 400 metres race he finished second behind his younger brother

Samson Kitur Samson Kitur (February 25, 1966 — April 25, 2003) was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992. Biography Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances 800 metres and up, Kitur specialised in the 400 metres. He won t ...

. The same year, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, he was part of the Kenyan 4x400 metres relay team that won Gold. Having missed the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, he competed at the Olympics for a second time in 1992. He reached quarterfinals in 400 metres race, where his brother Samson Kitur won bronze. He competed for the Kenyan 4x400 metres relay team in heats and semifinal, helping it to reach the final. In the final he was replaced by Abednego Matilu, but the Kenyan team did not finish the final. He is a three-times Kenyan champions over 400 metres (1984, 1985, 1990). After retirement, he has been a coach.German road races, March 22, 2007
Lamine Diack visits President of Kenya - On the way back to Mombasa, the delegation took the opportunity to stop off at the Nyayo National Stadium, whose refurbishment, with a brand new Mondo track, has just been completed with the support of the IAAF
/ref> Two of his brothers were also Olympic athletes, Samson Kitur and Simon Kitur.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitur, David 1962 births Kenyan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games