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Full name | Jeanne d'Arc Girubuntu |
Born | Rwanda | 6 May 1995
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Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Jeanne d'Arc Girubuntu (born 6 May 1995) is a Rwandan road cyclist. She became Rwandan national road race and time trial champion in 2014. [1] In 2015, she was invited to train at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland for three months. [2] She was the first Rwandan female rider to do so, and the 1000th rider to train at the WCC. [3]
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