Timothy Kitum

Timothy Kitum is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was born on 20 November 1994 in Marakwet District in the Elgeyo-Marakwet region of Kenya, and Olympedia records his height as 172 centimetres and his weight as 60 kilograms. London was his only appearance at the Olympic Games, and the bronze medal there is his sole Olympic medal, won when he was seventeen years old. He is married to Faith Kipyegon, the Kenyan distance runner, a relationship that Olympedia lists among its Olympic family relations for the two athletes. His event was the 800 metres for men, in which he finished in third place.