Diane Nukuri

Diane Nukuri
Diane Nukuri at the 2012 Olympics "Burundi Day"
Personal information
Born (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39)
Kigozi, Burundi
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Burundi
 United States
College teamButler CC
Iowa
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2000
5000 m, 45th (h)
2012
Marathon, 31st
2016
10,000 m, 13th
Personal bests

Diane Nukuri (born 1 December 1984, in Kigozi-Mukike) is a Burundian-American[1] professional distance runner. She competed for Burundi as a fifteen-year-old in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the 5,000m and in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the marathon. Nukuri ran for the University of Iowa in college. She was the Burundian flag bearer at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2012.

  1. ^ "Diane Nukuri's Long Run to Freedom". 10 November 2017.