Personal information | |
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Born | Kigozi, Burundi | 1 December 1984
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Burundi United States |
College team | Butler CC Iowa |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2000 5000 m, 45th (h) 2012 Marathon, 31st 2016 10,000 m, 13th |
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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.