Gideon Gathimba (born 9 March 1980) is a Kenyan

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who specializes in the

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. He finished fourth at the

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and fifth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. His personal best times are 3:33.63 minutes in the

, achieved in June 2008 in

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; 3:52.98 minutes in the

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, achieved in June 2009 in

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; and 7:49.65 minutes in the

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(indoor), achieved in January 2009 in

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. Also, at the

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meet in September 2009 he set a new

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in the rarely contested 4 x 1500 metres relay. The time was 14:36.23 minutes, and it was achieved with teammates William Biwott Tanui, Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono and

Augustine Kiprono Choge Augustine Kiprono Choge (born 21 January 1987) is a Kenyan middle distance and long distance runner. He won world youth and junior titles on the track in 2003 and 2004, eventually going on to set a world junior record for the ...

References

1980 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub