# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francine-niyonsaba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:32.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francine-niyonsaba"
name: "Francine Niyonsaba"
slug: "francine-niyonsaba"
description: "Francine Niyonsaba is a Burundian runner who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres. Her silver medal was the first Olympic medal for Burundi since 1996. Niyonsaba won a silver in the event at the 2017 World Championships."
tagline: "Burundian distance runner"
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category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1993-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/niyonsaba_francin/"
    handle:    "niyonsaba_francin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump