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 32)
Sport
CountrySweden
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 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]

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References

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  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 ...
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