Gary Kikaya

Gary Senga Kikaya (born 4 February 1980) is a retired sprinter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He competed in the 400 m event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.

[1] Kikaya is the son of Kikaya bin Karubi, a former Information Minister of the Congo, and a former Special Assistant to President Joseph Kabila.

Like most Southern African youths, his sporting interests began with rugby and soccer.

He attended Queens High School in Johannesburg where he only turned to athletics as a senior in 1999 after watching the World Cup, in Johannesburg, the year before.