Eric Manizabayo

Eric Manizabayo
Personal information
Born (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)
Jenda, Nyabihu District, Rwanda
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014–2018Benediction Cycling Team
2023Benediction Kitei Pro 2020
Professional team
2019–2022Benediction–Excel Energy[1]

Eric Manizabayo (born 28 August 1997) is a Rwandan cyclist, who last rode for Rwandan club team Benediction Kitei Pro 2020.[2] He competed in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, and won the 2022 Rwandan National Road Race Championships.[3][4]

Manizabayo was born in the village of Jenda and dropped out of school at the age of 12 to work as a bike taxi operator. He began cycling competitively in 2015.[5]

  1. ^ "Benediction Ignite". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Benediction Ignite". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Eric Manizabayo". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (12 October 2018). "Meet Eric Manizabayo, Team Rwanda's budding cycling star". newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 27 September 2022.