David Kimutai Rotich (born 19 August 1969) is a Kenyan race walker. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics.
Kimutai was born in Sotik. He began his athletics career by competing in long distance running, particularly 10000 metres, but without much success. He then switched to race walking. His personal record in 20 km walk (1:20:40) was set at the Kenyan Championships in 1996.The Standard, 3 May 2008: "Kimutai to defend 20 km title today"
International competitions 1995All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 2nd20 km walk1:31:021996African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd20 km walk1:30:05Olympic Games Atlanta, United States23rd20 km walk1:25:011998Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5th20 km walk1:26:571999All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st20 km walk1:29:122000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia39th20 km walk1:28:452002Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 3rd20 km walk1:28.202006Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia4th20 km walk1:25:42African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st20 km walk1:23:582007All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 2nd20 km walk1:24:162008African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia4th20 km walk1:25:08 Olympic Games Beijing, China19th20 km walk1:22:212009World Championships Berlin, Germany32nd20 km walk1:26:35 2010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya 2nd20 km walk1:21:07Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, India 4th20 km walk1:25:292011World Championships Daegu, South Korea32nd20 km walk1:27:202012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin 2nd20 km walk?2014African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco5th20 km walk1:29:162015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th20 km walk1:29:54
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