caption event religion birth_name birth_place imagesize nationality height pb sport birth_date image article_title name
rudisha in beijing in 2015 800 metres catholic david lekuta rudisha kilgoris , narok county , kenya 230px kenyan 1.90 '' 2013 -rrb- '' ' 800 & nbsp ; m '' ' ' : 1:40.91 '' ` wr '' ' -lrb- 2012 400 -rrb- m '' ' : 45.15 -lrb- track and field 17 december 1988 david rudisha beijing 2015.jpg david rudisha
 david rudisha
david rudisha

david lekuta rudisha , mbs -lrb- born 17 december 1988 -rrb- is a kenyan middle-distance runner .
he is the current olympic champion and world record holder in the 800 metres .
rudisha was the first person to run under 1:41 for the event , and he holds the three fastest , six of the eight fastest , and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event .
rudisha has won a record 3 consecutive track & field athlete of the year awards -lrb- tied with carl lewis -rrb- , and also won the iaaf world athlete of the year award in 2010 .
