Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Italy |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
APR Athletics Club: Kigali, RWA |
Name of coach |
Innocent Rwabuhihi [national], RWA, from 2007 |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport in 2007. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She became an athlete to help support her parents and eight siblings. |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Ethiopian long-distance runner Tirunesh Dibaba. (newtimes.co.rw, 04 Oct 2012) |
Ambitions |
To improve her personal best at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (newtimes.co.rw, 17 Jun 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Training Regime |
She trained in Iten, Kenya, for two months ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. |
International Debut |
Year |
2007 |
Competing for |
Rwanda |
Location |
Mombasa, KEN |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English, French |