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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Benediction Club: |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Cooking. (teamrwandacycling.org, 28 Nov 2013) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | He has also competed in road cycling. (newtimes.co.rw, 07 Aug 2015) |
| Other sports | He races in road cycling and mountain biking. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Apr 2014) |
| Famous relatives | His younger brother Patrick is also a cyclist, and has ridden for the Rwandan national team. His wife Diane Uwineza was a cyclist. (newtimes.co.rw, 07 Feb 2014; newtimes.co.rw, 07 Jan 2014) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | He was inspired to become a professional cyclist when he watched the Tour de France on television. |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Swiss cyclist Thomas Frischknecht. (cyclingnews.com, 02 Sep 2015) |
| Ambitions | After his cycling career he wants to become a coach or chef for a cycling team. (theguardian.com, 15 Nov 2013) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Sterling Magnel [national], USA |
| Training Regime | He trained at 2000 metres altitude in the northern Musanze district of Rwanda. Training sessions were four hours each day at the 6.5km track, and he refined technical skills including jump and bike handling. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began cycling in 2005. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "I am cycling to make my future, to prepare, to fix my problem in my home, to make my house, for my life. I am cycling for my life. For my family.'' (rnw.nl, 30 Apr 2012) |
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| Coach from which country? | United States |
General Interest | |
| Other information | INSPIRATION He was motivated and inspired by Swiss rider Thomas Frischknecht who had a long professional career, so he decided to compete in mountain bike, ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "He is still very strong and a great mountain bike cyclist. Because I am older, I see I can have a future in the sport like Thomas. I rode his old World Cup bike at the Cape Epic in 2012." (cyclingnews.com, 02 Sep 2015) TRAGEDY His father was killed during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. When the attackers arrived, he was out collecting water and he managed to hide in a bush to survive. "I saw them kill with long knives and clubs. I hid in the bush. In the evening I returned to the house, but it was empty. Some family friends gave me food and I stayed in the bush because I was afraid they were killing people. Five or six days later, the army came and the killings stopped. I found my family who had taken refuge with friends.'' (rtl.be, 27 Apr 2012) HOUSE He built his own house with the money he earned riding for Team Rwanda. (teamrwandacycling.org, 28 Nov 2013) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Family | Wife Diane Uwineza, son Alex |