Yves Nimubona Explained

Yves Nimubona
Nationality:Rwandan
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long-distance running
Birth Date:15 August 1998
Pb: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] He subsequently competed in the 10,000 metres at the 10,000 metres race in Paris in August 2024.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yves Nimubona. 9 July 2024. World Athlstics.
  2. Web site: Yves Nimubona eyes gold medal in Rwamagana Half Marathon Challenge. New Times. 9 July 2024. 12 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Yankurije, Nimubona strike gold in Kigali Peace Marathon. New Times. 9 July 2024. June 20, 2021.
  4. Web site: 8 June 2022. World Athletics. African Athletics Championships. 9 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Rwanda National Olympic Committee appoints Acting President after Uwayo resignation. Patrick. Burke. 24 January 2023. Inside the Games. 9 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Nimubona Yves yegukanye Huye Half Marathon 2022. 10 October 2022. Kigalitoday.
  7. Web site: Edinah Jebitok and Yves Nimubona Triumph in World Athletics Cross Country Tour. Runnerstribe. 9 July 2024. 23 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Jebitok and Nimubona victorious in Hannut. World Athletics. 9 July 2024. 21 January 2024.
  9. Web site: The feelings of Nimubona Yves who got a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris . 14 April 2024. Eric Tony. Ukurikiyimfura. Igihe.com. 9 July 2024.
  10. Web site: Men's 10000m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics. Watch Athletics. 8 September 2024. 2 August 2024.

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