1. David Rudisha is a two-time World champion and two-time Diamond League champion in the 800 m Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 m under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest times ever run in this event, each being a world record when set.
David Rudisha established his running career at the St Francis Kimuron High School in Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
David Rudisha holds the world's best time in the 500 metres and the African best for the 600 metres.
In May 2022, David Rudisha announced he would be running for election in his native Kenya as an independent candidate in the Kilgoris Constituency.
In March 2024, David Rudisha served as the World Athletics ambassador for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
David Rudisha competed at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, reaching the 800 metres semi-finals.
On 9 August 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, David Rudisha led from start to finish to win gold in what was acclaimed "The Greatest 800 Meter Race Ever".
David Rudisha continued to pull away until the final straight, where second place Nijel Amos was able to slightly gain some ground as Rudisha strained.
David Rudisha was later given the Association of National Olympic Committees Award for Best Male Athlete of London 2012, as well as receiving the honour of Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear from the government of Kenya.
In 2014, David Rudisha won silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing behind Nijel Amos, in a time of 1:45.48.
Whilst he missed the record, David Rudisha set a new personal best of 1:13.10.
David Rudisha finished third in his last race of the season at the Weltklasse in Zurich, being beaten again by Nijel Amos and settling for third in 1:43.96.
David Rudisha missed the world best but set a new African best of 1:13.10 and the second-fastest time ever.
David Rudisha secured his qulaification for the 2016 Summer Olympics after finhsing third at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in a time of 1:44.23.
David Rudisha's finishing time was the fastest he had run since the 2012 Olympic final in London, as well as the fastest time in the world for 2016.
In 2017, David Rudisha finished fourth at the Shanghai Diamond League meet on 13 May in a time of 1:45.36.
David Rudisha attempted the 1000 metres for the first time at the Golden Spike Ostrava, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 2:19.43.
In 2019, David Rudisha's car collided head-on with a bus near Keroka.
At the 2012 Olympics, David Rudisha worked with Caroline Currid, an Irish mental performance coach, on how to maximise performance on competition day.
From 2007 until at least 2012, David Rudisha trained in the summer months in the university town of Tubingen in southern Germany, a center for many up-and-coming runners from Kenya such as Bernard Lagat.
David Rudisha is a member of the Maasai ethnic group in Kenya.
David Rudisha is married to Lizzy Naanyu and has two daughters.
David Rudisha is a supporter of the football club Arsenal FC.