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Vénuste Niyongabo (born December 9, 1973) is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1996, he became the first Olympic champion from that nation by winning the 5.000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Remarkably, he had only competed twice before in that event prior to winning that title. A Tutsi born in Vugizo, southern Burundi, Niyongabo had his first in athletics when he won a silver medal in the 1.500 m at the 1992 World Junior Championships. He competed in his first senior tournament the following year, but was eliminated in the 1.500 m semi-finals of the World Championships in Stuttgart. Niyongabo soon became one of the top 1500 m runners in the world, winning several major races in 1994 and 1995. He also won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Gothenburg, finishing behind Noureddine Morceli and Hicham El Guerrouj. For the 1996 Olympics, held in Atlanta, Niyongabo was assumed to be a potential winner, but Niyongabo decided to forfeit his place to a compatriot, Dieudonné Kwizera. Kwizera had been unable to compete in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics since Burundi did not have a National Olympic Committee at the time, and was only in Atlanta as a coach. The move turned out to be a good one for both athletes; Kwizera finally became an Olympian, while Niyongabo sprinted away in the last lap of the 5.000 m final to win an unexpected gold medal. After the Olympics, Niyongabo struggled with several injuries, and never achieved the same level of competition again. His attempt to defend his title at the 2000 Summer Olympics failed miserably, placing only 15th in his semi-final heat. Niyongabo currently (2005) works for the Ekin division of Nike, Inc. in Italy. He ran on the elite Nike Bowerman International team in the Hood to Coast Relay in 2005, which finished second in a field of 1062 teams.
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Competitor for Algeria Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta 1500 m World Championships Gold 1991 Tokyo 1500 m Gold 1993 Stuttgart 1500 m Gold 1995 Gothenburg 1500 m Noureddine Morceli ..... Click the link for more information. Gold 2004 Athens 1500 m Gold 2004 Athens 5000 m Silver 2000 Sydney 1500 m World Championships Gold 1997 Athens 1500 m Gold 1999 Sevilla 1500 m Gold 2001 Edmonton 1500 m Gold 2003 Paris 1500 m Silver ..... Click the link for more information. Atlanta, Georgia Downtown Atlanta Flag Nickname: Hotlanta,[1] The A-T-L[1] Location in Fulton and DeKalb counties and the state of Georgia Coordinates: ..... Click the link for more information. Dieudonné Kwizera (born 6 August 1967) is a retired Burundian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. In 1987 he won a bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in Nairobi, and the next year he finished third at the IAAF Grand Prix Final behind Tom McKean and ..... Click the link for more information. 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