Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva (born August 11, 1989) is a runner from
Kenya
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who specialises in
800 metres
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. His surname is sometimes misspelled as "Kivuna".
Kivuva started running in 2002 while at Syanamu Primary school. Later he went to Kinyui High School in
Kangundo
Kangundo is a town in Kenya's Machakos County in the lower eastern region of Kenya.
Kangundo-Tala
Officially Kangundo- Tala's population is the 9th largest of any urban area in Kenya. Tala is part of Kangundo town council.
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[Daily Nation, July 30, 2009]
Kivuva relishing underdog tag
/ref> He is a silver medalist from the 2006 World Junior Championships behind compatriot David Rudisha
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...
. The same year he won 800 metres gold at the Africa Zone 5 Junior Championships. He finished fourth at the Kenyan trial for the 2008 Olympics
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, missing the ticket to Beijing
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.[Athletics Kenya]
2008 Olympic trials
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He is competing at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin
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Joseph Mutua
Joseph Mwengi Mutua (born 10 December 1978 in Machakos, Eastern Province) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres.
His personal best time is 1:43.33 minutes, achieved in August 2002 in Zürich. He holds the African indoor record in ...
, who is also an 800m runner, comes from the same village as Kivuva.
Achievements
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1989 births
Living people
Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
African Games competitors for Kenya
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