Salome Nyirarukundo

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

Salome Nyirarukundo
Salome Nyirarukundoat the 2018 African Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityRwandan
Born (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997
Kivumo, Rutsiro District,  Rwanda[1]
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long distance runner

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 10,000 metres, finishing in 27th place with a time of 32:07.80.[2]

Road running

2017–2018

Nyirarukundo is also a seasoned marathoner, and has taken part in several major competitions. She set a personal best time at the Montreal Marathon (2:28:02). She won several competitions in the Province of Quebec, including the Rimouski marathon.

2019

Nyirarukundo had a busy 2019. In the Around The Bay 30K race, she finished 3rd after elite athletes, even though 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. She finished 4th at the Ottawa Marathon in 2 h 30 min and made another 10k, this time that of lululemon Toronto in 34 minutes, another time. Then, she made two other victories in the 10k, that of La Baie and that of Canada Road Races Day. After that, she participated in the Rimouski Marathon; the conditions were bad and Nyirarukundo started at a conservative pace to win (1:25 to half). Even with this reduced pace, she hit the wall and finished in 3:14. Due to the bad conditions, no woman could overtake her and she won the race for the second time in a row.

Personal bests
Distance Time Event Place
5,000 meters 15 min 34 s 91 c  Netherlands - Nijmegen 5th
5 kilometers 15 min 50 s  Germany - Trier 2nd
10,000 meters 31 min 45 s 62 c  South Africa - Durban 4th
Half-marathon 1 h 08 min 48 s  Spain - Barcelona 3rd
Marathon 2 h 28 min 02 s  Canada - Montreal 1st

References
  1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. "Salome Nyirarukundo". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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