Niyongabo Vénuste
Niyongabo Vénuste OLY  (yavutse ku ya 9 Ukuboza 1973) yahoze yirukanka muri marato  . Mu 1996, abaye umukinnyi wa mbere ukomoka mu Burundi wegukanye umudari wa Olempike  metero 5000 mu mikino Olempike yo mu 1996  yarushanwe na none mu ma rushanwa umudari wa zahabu.

Ubuzima 
Niyongabo yavukiye i Vugizo, mu majyepfo y’Uburundi,  Niyongabo yegukanye umudari wa feza muri metero 1500 muri Shampiyona y’isi y’urubyiruko, mu 1992 yaje mwanya wa kane muri metero 800. Yitabiriye amarushanwa  ya mbere akomeye mu mwaka wakurikiyeho, ariko asezererwa muri kimwe cya kabiri kirangiza mu gikombe cyisi cya metero 1500 cyabereye i Stuttgart . Niyongabo yahise aba umwe mu basiganwa ku maguru metero 1500 ku isi, yegukana imidali byinshi muri shampiyona mu 1994 na 1995. Yatsindiye kandi umudari wa bronze mu gikombe cy'isi cyabereye i Gothenburg aho yarangirije inyuma ya Noureddine Morceli na Hicham El Guerrouj .

Mu mikino Olempike yo mu 1996, yabereye i Atlanta, Niyongabo yafatwaga nk'uwashobora gutsinda isiganwa 1500 m, ariko yahisemo kuva mu mwanya awurekera mugenziwe, Dieudonné Kwizera. Kwizera yananiwe kwitabira imikino Olempike mu 1988 na 1992 kubera ko icyo gihe u Burundi avukamo butari bufite komite y'igihugu y'imikino y'Olempike, kandi yari i Atlanta gusa nk'umutoza. Niyongabo yagiye kurushanwa muri metero 5000. Kwimuka byagaragaye ko ari byiza kubakinnyi bombi; Mu gusoza, Kwizera yabaye umukinnyi wa Olempike, mu gihe Niyongabo yasimbutse mu cyiciro cya nyuma cy'isiganwa rya metero 5000 aho yegukanye umudari wa zahabu mu buryo butunguranye. 

Niwe waje kumwanya wa  gatandatu wa bihuta, aza akurikiye Hicham El Guerrouj, Noah Ngeny, Noureddine Morceli, Steve Cram na Daniel Komen. 

Nyuma y'imikino Olempike, Niyongabo yagize imvune, kandi ntabwo yongeye kugera ku rwego yahozeho. Kugerageza kuzamura izina rye mu mikino Olempike yo mu 2000 ntiyabashije gutsinda, yaje  ku mwanya wa 15  muri kimwe cya kabiri.

Niyongabo yakoraga muri Ekin diviziyo ya Nike, Inc. yo mu Butaliyani. Yirutse mu ikipe mpuzamahanga ya Nike Bowerman muri Hood to Coast Relay mu 2005, aba uwa kabiri mu makipe 1062.

Uyu munsi, Venuste ni umwe mu bagize club 'Champions for Peace', itsinda ry’abakinnyi 54 bazwiho ubuhanga bwo guharanira amahoro ku isi binyuze muri siporo, ryakozwe n’amahoro na siporo, ishyirahamwe mpuzamahanga rya Monaco . 

Mu Kwakira 2010, yakiriye "Imikino y'Ubucuti" ya mbere mu karere k'ibiyaga bigari bya Afurika:siporo yambukiranya imipaka hagamijwe kwimakaza amahoro no guhuza urubyiruko rwo mu Burundi na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo (DRC). zifite indangagaciro zu b'unshuti n'ubuvandimwe  muri siporo.

reba 

 "Imikino Olempike ya mbere mu Burundi irangirana n'umudari wa zahabu", New York Times, ku ya 4 Kanama 1996

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