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Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner, who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres. Her silver medal was the first Olympic medal for Burundi since 1996. Niyonsaba won a silver in the event at the 2017 World Championships.

Francine Niyonsaba

Niyonsaba at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 29) Nkanda Bweru, Ruyigi Province, Burundi[1]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Burundi
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-, Long-distance running 800 meters (–2019)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 53.48 NR (2018) 800 m: 1:55.47 NR (2017) 2000 m: 5:21.56 WR (2021) 3000 m: 8:19.08 NR (2021) Two miles: 8:59.08 NR (2022) 5000 m: 14:25.34 NR (2021) 10,000 m: 30:41.93 NR (2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Burundi Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m World Championships 2017 London 800 m World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 800 m 2018 Birmingham 800 m Diamond League 2021 5000 m African Championships 2012 Porto Novo 800 m 2018 Asaba 800 m

She is a two-time 800m world indoor champion, having won 800m in 2016 and 2018. After her move to longer distances, Niyonsaba finished fifth over the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She holds the world record in the 2000 metres, and seven Burundian records.

In 2019, World Athletics had announced that Niyonsaba would not be allowed to compete under the female classification in events between 400 metres and one mile due to its regulations on XY DSD athletes with naturally high testosterone levels.[3][4]

Career

Francine Niyonsaba had a quick rise to prominence in 2012 while still a teenager. The first time she set the 800 metres record was in late June 2012 while narrowly winning the 2012 African Championships in Athletics in 1:59.11 in what was only her third competitive race. At that, she improved upon her own previous national record of 2:02.13, set in the qualifying round. In the opening round race, the inexperienced runner had opened up a 30 meters lead the pack.[5] Three weeks later on July 20, 2012, she improved the record again to 1:58.68 while finishing second at the 2012 Diamond League meeting at Herculis.[6]

During the 2012 London Olympics, Niyonsaba reduced her own 800m record to 1:58.67 on August 9, 2012 in the semi-final round. It was a 0.01 seconds improvement on her previous record. Two days later, she finished seventh (subsequently upgraded to fifth as a result of the doping disqualifications of Russian athletes Elena Arzhakova and Mariya Savinova) in the final. Less than a month later, she took the record down yet again to 1:56.59.

In 2016, Niyonsaba won the 800 meters at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2:00.01. She concluded her competition with her first Olympic medal, a silver in the women's 800m in a time of 1:56.49, behind Caster Semenya of South Africa.

Niyonsaba finished second in 800 meters seven race series of 2016 Diamond League.[7] She improved her personal best to 1:56.24 at 2016 Herculis meet.

In 2017, Niyonsaba earned a new personal best and national record at the Monaco Diamond League after winning the 800m there in a time of 1:55.47, on July 21. With this time she was the World No. 1. heading into the 2017 World Championships in London.

At the World Championships in London she won a silver in the women's 800m in a time of 1:55.92. She led throughout the majority of the race, but Caster Semenya used her phenomenal final kick to once again pass the Burundian on the home stretch and win gold.

World Athletics ruling

In 2019, it was revealed that Niyonsaba was born with the 46,XY karyotype and an intersex condition after her qualification for IAAF women's competition was affected by the association's new regulations for athletes with XY differences of sexual development, testosterone levels above 5 nmol/L, and androgen sensitivity.[3][8] Due to her stress fracture, Niyonsaba will have to miss the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Burundi

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	1st	800 m	1:59.11	NR
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	5th	800 m	1:59.63
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	1st	800 m i	2:00.01	WL
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	800 m	1:56.49
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	800 m	1:55.92
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	800 m i	1:58.31	WL NR
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	2nd	800 m	1:57.97
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	h	5000 m	DQ	TR 17.3.2
			5th	10,000 m	30:41.93	NR

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League champion 5000 m: 2021[9]
  • 2012 (1 – 800 m): Brussels (NR)
  • 2013 (3 – 800 m): Shanghai (WL), Eugene (WL MR), Paris
  • 2016 (2 – 800 m): Birmingham (MR), Lausanne
  • 2017 (2 – 800 m): Stockholm, Lausanne (SB)
  • 2018 (2 – 800 m): Lausanne, Rabat
  • 2021 [4]: Eugene (two miles, MR), Paris (3000 m, WL MR NR), Brussels (5000 m, WL NR), Zürich (5000 m)
  • 2022 (2): Doha (3000 m, WL), Eugene (two miles, WL MR)

References

External links

На других языках

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[de] Francine Niyonsaba

Francine Niyonsaba (* 5. Mai 1993 in Nkanda Bweru) ist eine burundische Leichtathletin.

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- [en] Francine Niyonsaba

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[es] Francine Niyonsaba

Francine Niyonsaba (Nkanda Bweru, 5 de mayo de 1993) es una deportista burundesa que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de mediofondo.[1]

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[fr] Francine Niyonsaba

Francine Niyonsaba (née le 5 mai 1993 à Nyenkanda, Bweru, Province de Ruyigi) est une athlète burundaise, spécialiste du 800 mètres.

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[it] Francine Niyonsaba

Francine Niyonsaba (Nkanda Bweru, 5 maggio 1993) è una mezzofondista burundese, vincitrice negli 800 metri piani di un argento ai Giochi olimpici di Rio de Janeiro 2016 e di due titoli mondiali indoor a Portland 2016 e Birmingham 2018.

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[ru] Нийонсаба, Франсина

Франсина Нийонсаба (рунди , фр. и англ. Francine Niyonsaba) — бурундийская бегунья на средние дистанции, которая специализируется в беге на 800 метров. Чемпионка Африки 2012 года с результатом 1.59,11. На олимпийских играх 2012 года заняла 7-е место.

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