Burundian long-distance runner

Joachim Nshimirimana (born January 13, 1973) is a Burundian athlete who specialized in marathon and long-distance running. He represented Burundi at two Olympic games (2004 in Athens, and 2008 in Beijing).

At age 31, Nshimirimana first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished thirty-second and completed the run in the men's marathon, with a time of 2:19:31. At his second Olympics in Beijing, on the other hand, he finished the men's marathon, just 12 seconds behind Israel's Haile Satayin, with a time of 2:29:55.

In 2006, Nshimirimana won his first championship *le at the Ljubljana Marathon, with his personal best time of 2:14:14.

References

External links

• Joachim Nshimirimana at World Athletics
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile