Aloÿs Nizigama

Aloÿs Nizigama (born 18 June 1966) is a retired Burundian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.

His personal best 10,000 metres time was 27:20.38 minutes, achieved in July 1995 in London. This is the current Burundian record.^[1]

In his career, Nizigama ran 21 sub-28 minute 10,000 metres races, 2nd only to Haile Gebrselassie with 23 times.^[2]

International competitions

Representing  Burundi

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	10,000 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	5,000 m
			5th	10,000 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	4th	10,000 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	10,000 m
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa-Hull, Canada	3rd	10,000 m

References

1. "Burundian athletics records". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
2. untitled

External links

• Aloÿs Nizigama at World Athletics