Dieudonné Kwizera (born 6 August 1967) is a retired

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

an middle distance runner who specialized in the

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. In 1987 he won a bronze medal at the

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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 Scottish former middle-distance runner representing Great Britain and Scotland internationally. He was European champion over the 800 metres in 1990, and a world (1993) and European (1990) indoor champ ...

and

Sebastian Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, incl ...

, both of Great Britain.

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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 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 African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Burundi-athletics-bio-stub