Onèsphore Nkunzimana
Medal record | ||
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Men'sathletics | ||
RepresentingQatar | ||
Asian Games | ||
2006 Doha | 5000 m | |
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships | ||
2008 Doha | 5000 m |
Onèsphore Nkunzimana(born July 23, 1985 inBurundi) is a malelong-distance runner
His first major competition was the2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics,where he finished ninth in the5000 metres
He switched from Burundi to representQatarand adopted a new nameSultan Khamis Zamanwhile competing for them. He ran under his new name and country at the2004 Summer Olympics.He finished eighth in the short race at the2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championshipsand won a team silver medal with Qatar.
He ran at the2005 World Championshipsand the2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships,finishing in 16th and 19th place, respectively. He won theEurocrossmeeting in 2005 and 2007. He won the bronze medal in the 5000 m at the2006 Asian Games.
He took the3000 metresgold medal at the2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.He won his second world cross country team medal shortly after with a 22nd-place finish at the2008 World Championships.He represented Qatar at a major competition for a final time at the2008 Beijing Olympics,but he did not progress beyond the heats.
He changed his allegiance again in 2010, returning to Burundi, and changed back to compete under his birth name, Onèsphore Nkunzimana.[1]He won the Eurocross for a third time in February 2010.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Hendrix, Ivo (2010-02-26).Matebo, Belete sisters the favourites in Diekirch Eurocross.IAAF.Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
- ^Hendrix, Ivo (2010-03-01).Nkuzimana and Mimi Belete the strongest in Diekirch.IAAF.Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Burundian male long-distance runners
- Qatari male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Qatar
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
- Naturalized citizens of Qatar
- Qatari people of Burundian descent
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Qatar
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Naturalised athletes
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Qatari athletics biography stubs