Alexis Sharangabo

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{{short description|Rwandan middle-distance runner}}

Alexis Sharangabo (born 9 November 1978) is a retired Rwandan middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at two Summer Olympics, in 1996 and 2000, failing to reach semifinals.

Collegiately, Sharangabo competed for Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina winning the 2000 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship individual title and graduating in 2003. He was inducted into the Brevard College Hall of Fame in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://bctornados.com/information/inside-athletics/Hall_of_Fame|title=Brevard College|website=Brevard College}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20010713/news/606058193|title=Brevard may have seen its best ever|first=Ron Wagner Times-News Staff|last=Writer|website=Hendersonville Times-News}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{BDI}}
rowspan=3|1994

|Jeux de la Francophonie

|Bondoufle, France

|8th (h)

|1500 m

|3:48.971

rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Lisbon, Portugal

|36th (h)

|800m

|1:56.06

19th (h)

|1500m

|3:51.60

colspan="6"|Representing {{flag|Rwanda|1962}}
rowspan=2|1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|45th (h)

|1500 m

|3:46.42

World Junior Championships

|Sydney, Australia

|27th (h)

|1500 m

|3:57.01

rowspan=2|1997

|World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|40th (h)

|1500 m

|3:44.95

Universiade

|Catania, Italy

|21st (h)

|1500 m

|3:51.89

rowspan=2|1999

|World Indoor Championships

|Maebashi, Japan

|17th (h)

|1500 m

|3:49.81

All-Africa Games

|Johannesburg, South Africa

| –

|1500 m

|DNF

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|34th (h)

|1500 m

|3:44.06

rowspan=3|2001

|rowspan=2|Jeux de la Francophonie

|rowspan=2|Ottawa, Canada

|6th

|1500 m

|3:46.85

6th

|5000 m

|13:57.79

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|29th (h)

|1500 m

|3:42.72

1Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References