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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
'''David Chelule''' (born 7 July 1977) is a Kenyan [[long-distance runner]] who specializes in the [[half marathon]], having run the [[5000 metres|5000]] and [[10,000 metres]] earlier in his career.

His cousin [[Julius Chelule|Julius]] also participated at the [[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] in [[Sydney]], and won a gold medal in the [[3000 metres steeplechase]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|1994
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|19th (h)
|5000m
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|15:23.38]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|5000 m
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|13:36.27]]
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|10,000 m
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|28:29.14]]
|-
|1999
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|[[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 10,000 metres|28:13.71]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|5th
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|13:37.13]]
|}

===Personal bests===
*[[3000 metres]] - 7:37.36 min (1999)
*[[5000 metres]] - 12:57.79 min (1999)
*[[10,000 metres]] - 27:32.18 min (1996) 
*[[Half marathon]] - 1:02:08 hrs (2000)

==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=David Chelule}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102152949/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/david-chelule-1.html sports-reference]

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan male steeplechase runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Kenyan male cross country runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Kenyan sportsmen]]


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