Épiphanie Nyirabaramé (born 15 December 1981, in Butare) is a Rwandan athlete who specialized in marathon and long-distance running.[1] She represented Rwanda at two Olympic games (2004 in Athens, and 2008 in Beijing).
Nyirabaramé first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished fifty-fourth and completed the run in the women's marathon, with a time of 2:52:50. At her second Olympics in Beijing, on the other hand, she finished the women's marathon, just seven seconds behind Slovakia's Zuzana Šaríková, with her best possible time of 2:49:32.[2]
Nyirabaramé achieved her personal best at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, when she completed the run in the women's marathon, finishing in twenty-sixth place, with a time of 2:33:59. In addition to her personal best, Nyirabaramé also set her national record, which was previously held by Marcianna Mukamurenzi in the 1990s.[3]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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^"God was behind my Berlin performance – Nyirabarame". The Sunday Times (Rwanda). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
Épiphanie, nyirabaramé, born, december, 1981, butare, rwandan, athlete, specialized, marathon, long, distance, running, represented, rwanda, olympic, games, 2004, athens, 2008, beijing, nyirabaramé, first, competed, 2004, summer, olympics, athens, where, finis. Epiphanie Nyirabarame born 15 December 1981 in Butare is a Rwandan athlete who specialized in marathon and long distance running 1 She represented Rwanda at two Olympic games 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing Nyirabarame first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she finished fifty fourth and completed the run in the women s marathon with a time of 2 52 50 At her second Olympics in Beijing on the other hand she finished the women s marathon just seven seconds behind Slovakia s Zuzana Sarikova with her best possible time of 2 49 32 2 Nyirabarame achieved her personal best at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin Germany when she completed the run in the women s marathon finishing in twenty sixth place with a time of 2 33 59 In addition to her personal best Nyirabarame also set her national record which was previously held by Marcianna Mukamurenzi in the 1990s 3 Nyirabarame was featured in the American documentary film Spirit of the Marathon II featuring her performance in the 2012 Rome Marathon References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Epiphanie Nyirabarame Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 3 December 2016 Retrieved 22 November 2012 Women s Marathon Official Finish NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 21 August 2012 Retrieved 22 November 2012 God was behind my Berlin performance Nyirabarame The Sunday Times Rwanda 30 August 2009 Retrieved 22 November 2012 External links editEpiphanie Nyirabarame at World Athletics nbsp Epiphanie Nyirabarame at Olympics com Epiphanie Nyirabarame at Olympedia nbsp Epiphanie Nyirabarame at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine archived 23 August 2012 nbsp This biographical article relating to Rwandan athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Epiphanie Nyirabarame amp oldid 1194581400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
