Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (born 9 May 1978) is a

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...

an middle distance runner who specializes 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 th ...

. In 2001 he won a silver medal at the

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in Brisbane and a bronze at the IAAF Grand Prix Final. He competed at the Olympic Games in

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

without reaching the final. His personal best is 1:42.81 minutes, achieved in August 2001 in

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. This is the current Burundian record. He also holds the Burundian

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record with 46.32 seconds.

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* 1978 births Living people Burundian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Burundi World Athletics Championships athletes for Burundi Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Burundian people 21st-century Burundian people {{Burundi-athletics-bio-stub