Dieudonné Disi
Dieudonné Disi 
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 Rwanda
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| birthday | 24th November 1980 (age 39) |
| place of birth | Ntyazo-Butarg, Rwanda |
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| discipline | Long distance running |
| Best performance | 59:32 min (half marathon) 2:12:51 h (marathon) |
Dieudonné Disi (born November 24, 1980 in Ntyazo-Butarg ) is a former Rwandan long-distance and cross-country runner. In 2008 he started at the Summer Olympics.
Life
Disi is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide that killed his parents and eight of his brothers. He himself fled to Burundi on foot .
Both at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, he finished 17th in the 10,000-meter run .
At the 2006 World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, he was ninth. In the same year he won the Brazzaville Half Marathon.
In 2007 he improved Mathias Ntawulikura's Rwandan record over 10,000 m to 27: 22.28 min. At the 2007 road running world championships in Udine over the half marathon distance, he finished sixth in 59:32 minutes. This time was not only a Rwandan record, Disi also took 13th place in the all-time world best list (as of November 2007). Shortly afterwards he won the Delhi half marathon .
In 2008 he came at the Olympic Games in Beijing on 19th place over 10,000 m and was again sixth at the World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro .
In 2009 he started the marathon distance and finished 18th in the Paris Marathon in 2:12:51 h. At the World Championships in Berlin he stayed in the top group up to 25 km, but then had to give up because of knee problems. Then, as in the two previous years, he won Reims à toutes jambes on the half marathon route and won the Marseille - Cassis race , in which he had finished second a year earlier.
In 2010 he ended his active time after the Commonwealth Games . Disi now lives in the United States.
Web links
- Dieudonné Disi in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical Summaries on the 2007 Road Running World Championships website. Accessed November 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Hitimana in preps for 2018 Brazzaville Half Marathon (July 9, 2018)
- ↑ arrs.run: National Records - 10,000 meters outdoor track
- ↑ Astonishing charge brings Disi honors in Cassis. In: iaaf.org. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
- ^ Disi set to retire after Delhi Games (April 25, 2010)
- ↑ Why Rwandan athletes remain minnows in Kigali International Peace Marathon (May 11, 2018)
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| SURNAME | Disi, Dieudonné |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Rwandan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ntyazo-Butarg |