Aloÿs Nizigama
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Aloÿs Nizigama (born 18 June 1966) is a retired Burundian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.
His personal best 10,000 metres time was 27:20.38 minutes, achieved in July 1995 in London. This is the current Burundian record.{{Cite web |url=http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECBUR.txt |title=Burundian athletics records |access-date=2007-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608102600/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECBUR.txt |archive-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead }}
In his career, Nizigama ran 21 sub-28 minute 10,000 metres races, 2nd only to Haile Gebrselassie with 23 times.[https://www.arrs.run/NB_O10K.htm untitled]
International competitions
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1991
|Tokyo, Japan | 6th |10,000 m |
rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany | 7th |
5th
|10,000 m |
1996
|Atlanta, United States | 4th |
2000
|Sydney, Australia | 9th |
2001
|bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd |10,000 m |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 5000 metres champions}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 10,000 metres champions}}
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Category:Burundian male long-distance runners
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Category:Olympic male long-distance runners
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Category:20th-century Burundian people
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