Yolanda Ngarambe

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Yolanda Ngarambe
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Ngarambe in 2019
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 34)
Sport
CountrySweden
Sport Athletics
Event
 Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m: 4:03.43
3000 m: 9:06.52
5000 m: 15:38.79
Updated on 3 October 2019

Yolanda Eliisa Ngarambe [1] (born 14 September 1991) is a Swedish-Finnish middle-distance runner, competing for Sweden.

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She won the 3,000 metres at 2019 European Team Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [2]

Early life

Ngarambe was born to a Banyarwanda father from Uganda and a Finnish mother. [3] [4] She has dual citizenship of Finland and Sweden. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Silvennoinen, Santtu (3 October 2019). "Yolanda Eliisa Ngarambe valitsi Ruotsin Suomen maajoukkueen sijaan: "Sisälläni on suomalaista sisua"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Yolanda Ngarambe vinnare på 3000 meter Sveriges Television
  3. ↑ Orbring, Gustav (January 2019). "Yolanda Ngarambe: "Om jag inte trodde det här skullehända hade jag lagt av för längesen"" (in Swedish). Swedish Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019. ... pappa, som är från Uganda. Mamma är från Finland.
  4. ↑ Mutanganshuro, Lavie (17 November 2019). "A conversation with gold medalist Yolanda Ngarambe". The New Times . Retrieved 11 December 2019. Her common Rwandan name, 'Ngarambe', originates from her father who is of Rwandan origin ...
  5. ↑ Gürler, Eren (4 September 2021). "Ruotsin salainen ase – tähtijuoksija sai yleisurheiluoppinsa Suomesta: Ruotsi murskaava avauspäivänä". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2021. Suomen ja Ruotsin kansalainen
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