# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/venuste-niyongabo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:27:00.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/venuste-niyongabo"
name: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
slug: "venuste-niyongabo"
description: "Vénuste Niyongabo is a Burundian former long and middle-distance runner. In 1996, he became the first Olympic medalist from Burundi by winning the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He had only competed twice before in that event prior to winning the gold medal."
tagline: "Burundian athlete"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1973-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.77073733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Нийонгабо, Венусте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "베뉘스트 니용가보"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9nuste_Niyongabo"
    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "Vénuste Niyongabo"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump