Yves Nimubona

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Yves Nimubona
Personal information
NationalityRwandan
Born (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 13:14.01 (Maisons-Laffitte, 2024)
10000m: 28:02.23 (Ferrara, 2023)

Yves Nimubona (born 15 August 1998) is a Rwandan long distance runner. [1]

Career

In 2019, he won the Rwamagana Half Marathon Challenge. [2] In June 2021, he won the half marathon event at the Kigali Peace Marathon. [3]

He finished sixth in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in St Pierre, Mauritius in June 2022. [4] He finished fifth in the 5000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August 2022. [5] In October 2022 he won the Huye Half Marathon in the Huye District of Rwanda. [6]

In January 2024, Nimubona became the first Rwandan male to win the Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour. [7] [8] In April 2024, he earned a place in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics due to his ranking gained on the Cross Country Tour. [9]

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References

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