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Simon Kitur (born 12 June 1959) is a retired
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
n athlete who specialized in the
400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...
. He competed at the
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
and 1988 Olympic Games as well as the 1987 World Championships, but without reaching the final. His personal best time was 49.70 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 1984 Olympics.World men's all-time best 400m hurdles (last updated 2001)
/ref> Two of his brothers were also Olympic athletes: Samson Kitur and David Kitur.


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1959 births Living people Kenyan male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub