Salome Nyirarukundo

Salome Nyirarukundo (born 20 December 1997) is a Rwandan long-distance runner.

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 10,000 metres, where she finished in 27th place with a time of 32:07.80.

Road Running

2017 - 2018 
Salome is also a seasoned marathoner, she took part in several major competitions. She sets a personal best time at the Montreal Marathon (2:28:02). She won several competitions in the Greater Quebec City area. Among others, the Rimouski marathon. She managed to establish several good performances on half marathon.

2019  
Salome had a busy 2019. In the Around The Bay 30K race, she finished 3rd after elite athletes, even if she led for 15 kilometers of the race. She won the 10k St-Laurent race with a time of 34 minutes. She took second place at 5k du Lac-Beauport and won the Lévis Half-Marathon in a record time of 1 h 13 min 59 s. Followed by that, she finished 4th at the Ottawa Marathon in 2 h 30 min and made another 10k, this time that of lulumon Toronto in 34 minutes, another time. Then, she made two other victories on 10k, that of La Baie and that of Canaday Road Races Day. After that, she participated in the Rimouski Marathon, the conditions were bad and Salome started at a conservative pace to win (1:25 to half). Even with this reduced pace, Salome hits the wall and finishes in 3:14. Due to the bad conditions, no woman can overtake her and she wins the race for a second time in a row. For the last race of the year, she took part in the Quebec Half-Marathon (title holder), but was disqualified after the race. (She had made a time of 1:19.)

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Category:1997 births
Category:Living people
Category:Rwandan female long-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes of Rwanda
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Rwanda
Category:People from Rutsiro District