Dieudonné Kwizera (born 6 August 1967) is a retired
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
an middle distance runner who specialized in the
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
.
In 1987 he won a bronze medal at the
All-Africa Games
The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...
in Nairobi, and the next year he finished third at the IAAF Grand Prix Final behind
Tom McKean
Thomas McKean (born 27 October 1963) is a British former middle-distance runner. He is a former world and European indoor 800 metres champion. Outdoors, McKean has medalled twice each at European and Commonwealth level.
Athletics career
McKean ...
and
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medal ...
, both of Great Britain.
International competitions
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1967 births
Living people
Burundian male middle-distance runners
Olympic male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Burundi
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
African Games bronze medalists for Burundi
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Burundi
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
20th-century Burundian people
21st-century Burundian people
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