Aloÿs Nizigama
Aloÿs Nizigama (born June 18, 1966 in Songa , Bururi Province ) is a Burundian long-distance runner .
At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 , he was sixth over 10,000 m . Two years later he was fifth over 5000 m and seventh over 10,000 m at the World Championships in Stuttgart .
At the Olympic Games he finished fourth in Atlanta in 1996 and ninth in Sydney in 2000 .
In 2005 he finished ninth in the Stockholm Marathon .
Aloÿs Nizigama stayed under 28:30 minutes over 10,000 m in 35 races, more often than any other runner (as of December 2009).
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 7: 35.08 min, July 18, 1994, Nice
- 5000 m: 13: 12.14 min, July 2, 1993, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
- 10,000 m: 27: 20.38 min, July 7th 1995, London (Burundian record)
- Hours run : 20,354 m, June 2, 2002 Hengelo (Burundian record)
- Half marathon : 1:02:57 h, October 28, 2001, Palermo
- Marathon : 2:24:35 h, June 4, 2005, Stockholm
Web links
- Aloys Nizigama in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Aloÿs Nizigama in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nizigama, Aloÿs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Burundian long-distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Songa , Bururi Province |