Julius Gitahi

Kenyan long-distance runner

Julius Gitahi (born 29 April 1978 in Nyeri, Central Province) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

International competitions

Representing Kenya
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	1st	10,000 m	27:49.26
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	5000 m	13:49.06
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	5000 m	13:39.11
2007	Hokkaido Marathon	Sapporo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:17:26

External links

Julius Gitahi at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julius Gitahi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

African Games champions in men's 5000 metres

1965: Kipchoge Keino (KEN)
1973: Ben Jipcho (KEN)
1978: Yohannes Mohamed (ETH)
1987: John Ngugi (KEN)
1991: Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995: Josephat Machuka (KEN)
1999: Julius Gitahi (KEN)
2003: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2007–11: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)
2015: Getaneh Molla (ETH)
2019: Robert Kiprop (KEN)
2023^ Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)

v t e Japan Championships in Athletics men's 5000 metres champions
1913: Ikichi Ide 1914: Miki Yamaguchi 1915: Sueyoshi Tokuno 1916: Not held 1917: Kinnosuke Koide 1918: Taku Gishiro 1919: Yozo Date 1920: Takeo Imagawa 1921: Seiichi Mori 1922–23: Naomon Nawada 1924: Not held 1925: Juichi Nagatani 1926: Seiichi Mori 1927: Chiyoji Takemoto 1928: Juichi Nagatani 1929: Masamichi Kitamoto 1930–31: Seiichiro Tsuda 1932: Masamichi Kitamoto 1933: Futoshi Sato 1934–38: Kohei Murakoso 1939: Kiichi Gono 1940: Katsu Yamashita 1941: Not held 1942: Mineo Kawakami 1943–45: Not held 1946: Masayasu Oka 1947: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku 1948: Shoji Sudo 1949–50: Souichi Tamoi 1951: Kenji Ishii 1952: Herbert Schade (FRG) 1953: Osamu Inoue 1954: Jiro Yamauchi 1955: Susumu Takahashi 1956: Sekinosuke Hayashida 1957: Osamu Inoue 1958: Masayuki Nunogami 1959: Sekinosuke Hayashida 1960–61: Saburo Yokomizo 1962: Kōkichi Tsuburaya 1963: Bruce Tulloh (GBR) 1964: Satsuo Iwashita 1965: Keisuke Sawaki 1966: Kazuo Tsuchiya 1967: Kiyoshi Inagaki 1968: Keisuke Sawaki 1969: Tsugumichi Suzuki 1970: Toshio Miyashita 1971: Ichio Sato 1972: Keisuke Sawaki 1973: Ichio Sato 1974: Yasunori Hamada 1975: Nobuaki Takao 1976: Toshiaki Kamata 1977–78: Hideki Kita 1979: Tatsuya Moriguchi 1980–83: Hisatoshi Shintaku 1984: Kenji Ide 1985: Masami Otsuka 1986: Yutaka Kanai 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1988–89: Haruo Urata 1990: Thomas Osano (KEN) 1991: Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 1992: Nobuo Hashizume 1993: Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI) 1994: Katsuhiko Hanada 1995: Hisayuki Okawa 1996: Yasunari Oba 1997–98: Simon Maina (KEN) 1999: Julius Gitahi (KEN) 2000: Zakayo Ngatho (KEN) 2001: James Wainaina (KEN) 2002: Toshinari Takaoka 2003–04: Kazuyoshi Tokumoto 2005: Tomohiro Seto 2006–08: Takayuki Matsumiya 2009: Yuichiro Ueno 2010: Yuki Matsuoka 2011: Kazuya Watanabe 2012: Kazuya Deguchi 2013: Sota Hoshi 2014: Yuki Sato 2015: Kota Murayama 2016: Suguru Osako 2017: Hiroki Matsueda 2018: Hazuma Hattori 2019: Hiroki Matsueda 2020: Yuta Bando 2021-22: Hyuga Endo 2023: Kazuya Shiojiri

Japan Championships in Athletics men's 5000 metres champions

1913: Ikichi Ide
1914: Miki Yamaguchi
1915: Sueyoshi Tokuno
1916: Not held
1917: Kinnosuke Koide
1918: Taku Gishiro
1919: Yozo Date
1920: Takeo Imagawa
1921: Seiichi Mori
1922–23: Naomon Nawada
1924: Not held
1925: Juichi Nagatani
1926: Seiichi Mori
1927: Chiyoji Takemoto
1928: Juichi Nagatani
1929: Masamichi Kitamoto
1930–31: Seiichiro Tsuda
1932: Masamichi Kitamoto
1933: Futoshi Sato
1934–38: Kohei Murakoso
1939: Kiichi Gono
1940: Katsu Yamashita
1941: Not held
1942: Mineo Kawakami
1943–45: Not held
1946: Masayasu Oka
1947: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku
1948: Shoji Sudo
1949–50: Souichi Tamoi
1951: Kenji Ishii
1952: Herbert Schade (FRG)
1953: Osamu Inoue
1954: Jiro Yamauchi
1955: Susumu Takahashi
1956: Sekinosuke Hayashida
1957: Osamu Inoue
1958: Masayuki Nunogami
1959: Sekinosuke Hayashida
1960–61: Saburo Yokomizo
1962: Kōkichi Tsuburaya
1963: Bruce Tulloh (GBR)
1964: Satsuo Iwashita
1965: Keisuke Sawaki
1966: Kazuo Tsuchiya
1967: Kiyoshi Inagaki
1968: Keisuke Sawaki
1969: Tsugumichi Suzuki
1970: Toshio Miyashita
1971: Ichio Sato
1972: Keisuke Sawaki
1973: Ichio Sato
1974: Yasunori Hamada
1975: Nobuaki Takao
1976: Toshiaki Kamata
1977–78: Hideki Kita
1979: Tatsuya Moriguchi
1980–83: Hisatoshi Shintaku
1984: Kenji Ide
1985: Masami Otsuka
1986: Yutaka Kanai
1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)
1988–89: Haruo Urata
1990: Thomas Osano (KEN)
1991: Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1992: Nobuo Hashizume
1993: Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI)
1994: Katsuhiko Hanada
1995: Hisayuki Okawa
1996: Yasunari Oba
1997–98: Simon Maina (KEN)
1999: Julius Gitahi (KEN)
2000: Zakayo Ngatho (KEN)
2001: James Wainaina (KEN)
2002: Toshinari Takaoka
2003–04: Kazuyoshi Tokumoto
2005: Tomohiro Seto
2006–08: Takayuki Matsumiya
2009: Yuichiro Ueno
2010: Yuki Matsuoka
2011: Kazuya Watanabe
2012: Kazuya Deguchi
2013: Sota Hoshi
2014: Yuki Sato
2015: Kota Murayama
2016: Suguru Osako
2017: Hiroki Matsueda
2018: Hazuma Hattori
2019: Hiroki Matsueda
2020: Yuta Bando
2021-22: Hyuga Endo
2023: Kazuya Shiojiri

v t e Japan Championships in Athletics men's 10,000 metres champions
1913; Shin Nakata 1914: Shotaro Koriyama 1915: Shizo Kanakuri 1916: Not held 1917: Tosaburo Yanagita 1920: Toshio Miyata 1921: Yamaguchi Miki 1922: Koji Shimomura 1923: Taro Hirano 1924: Not held 1925: Juichi Nagatani 1926: Shoichi Kusanagi 1927: Shigesaku Michikawa 1928: Juichi Nagatani 1929: Kazunori Morimoto 1930: Yukiki Nakajima 1931: Seiichiro Tsuda 1932: Masamichi Kitamoto 1933: Sami Koyanagi 1934–39: Kohei Murakoso 1940: Katsu Yamashita 1941: Not held 1942: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku 1943–45: Not held 1946–47: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku 1948: Ryosuke Takasugi 1949: Souichi Tamoi 1950: Ryosuke Takasugi 1951: Kenji Ishii 1952–53: Masuo Onishi 1954: Kazumi Umezawa 1955: Osamu Inoue 1956–57: Sekinosuke Aoki 1958: Takashi Baba 1959: Hidekuni Hiroshima 1960–61: Sekinosuke Aoki 1962: Kōkichi Tsuburaya 1963: Bill Baillie (NZL) 1964: Kazuo Tsuchiya 1965: Keisuke Sawaki 1966: Kazuo Tsuchiya 1967: Akio Usami 1968: Keisuke Sawaki 1969–70: Kenichi Otsuki 1971: Yasunori Hamada 1972: Toshio Miyashita 1973: Ichio Sato 1974: Katsuaki Isobata 1975: Nobuaki Takao 1976: Toshiaki Kamata 1977–78: Hideki Kita 1979: Yasunori Hamada 1980: Kunimitsu Itō 1981: Masaya Shintaku 1982–83: Takao Nakamura 1984: Masaya Shintaku 1985: Takao Nakamura 1986: Masaya Shintaku 1987: Kozu Akutsu 1988–89: Haruo Urata 1990–91: Thomas Osano (KEN) 1992: Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) 1993: Stephen Mayaka (KEN) 1994–95: Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI) 1996: Toshinari Takaoka 1997: Julius Gitahi (KEN) 1998: Kenji Takao 1999: Toshinari Takaoka 2000: Sagayo Ngatho (KEN) 2001: Daniel Njenga (KEN) 2002: Tomoo Tsubota 2003: Toshihiro Iwasa 2004: Ryuji Ono 2005: Yu Mitsuya 2006–08: Takayuki Matsumiya 2009: Yuki Iwai 2010: Kensuke Takezawa 2011–14: Yuki Sato 2015: Tetsuya Yoroizaka 2016–17: Suguru Osako 2018: Shuho Dairokuno 2019: Kazuki Tamura 2020: Akira Aizawa 2021: Tatsuhiko Ito 2022: Akira Aizawa

Japan Championships in Athletics men's 10,000 metres champions