Koitatoi Kidali
Kenyan athlete (born 2003)
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Koitatoi Kidali (born 12 February 2003) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He represented Kenya over 800 metres at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 12 February 2003 Namanga, Kajiado County, Kenya |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:42.66 (Nairobi, 2024) |
Biography
Kidali was born in 2003 in Namanga, Kajiado County, the oldest of six children. He was a pupil at Engaboli Primary School in Maili Tisa, Kajiado South, before attending Natatai Secondary School. He trained with the school's football team as a winger, but was later coached in athletics by Nakeel Sylvester who encouraged his development in middle-distance running. He was runner-up over 800 metres at the Kenyan World U20 Trials in 2022, in a time of 1:46.32.[2]
Kidali ran a personal best 1:42.66 for the 800 metres at the Kenyan Olympic trials in Nairobi in June 2024, placing third behind Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Wycliffe Kinyamal.[3][4] He was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he finished fifth in his heat and sixth in his repechage round without qualifying for the semi-final.[5][6]
In August 2024, he was announced as joining the athletics team at the University of Oregon in the United States.[7] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing ninth overall.[8]
