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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]
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryBurundi
SportAthletics
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 Janeiro800 m
World Championships
2017 London800 m
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland800 m
2018 Birmingham800 m
Diamond League
20215000 m
African Championships
2012 Porto Novo800 m
2018 Asaba800 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.

Niyonsaba winning the 800m at the 2016 World Indoor Championships
Niyonsaba winning the 800m at the 2016 World Indoor Championships

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
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



References


  1. Francine Niyonsaba. sports-reference.com
  2. Francine Niyonsaba Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. Lavista, Adrian (18 May 2019). "Semenya, Francine, and Margaret miss Stockholm Diamond League after gender ruling". RegionWeek. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. "IAAF publishes briefing notes and Q&A on Female Eligibility Regulations". World Athletics. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2021-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 5. iaaf.org (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  6. 800 m. diamondleague-monaco.com
  7. IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Zürich (SUI) 31 August - 1 September 2016 Results 800m Women[permanent dead link] http://zurich.diamondleague.com/. Retrieved by September 1, 2016.
  8. "Executive Summary" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. "Wanda Diamond League Final | Letzigrund - Zürich (SUI) | 8th-9th September 2021" (PDF). Diamond League. 2021-09-09. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-09-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)



На других языках


[de] Francine Niyonsaba

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

[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]

[fr] Francine Niyonsaba

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

[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.

[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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