Mathias Ntawulikura
Mathias Ntawulikura (born 14 June 1964 in Gisovu/Kibuye) is a retired Rwandan long-distance runner. He reached the World Athletics Championships final and participated in the Olympic Games in the 5000 metres (1988) and 10,000 metres (1992, 1996) and marathon (2000, 2004). He also participated five times in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
His best Olympic performance was 8th in the 10,000 m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, a race where the top eight positions were taken by (six) African countries.[1] He was forty when he competed in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics; of the hundred men who started the race, he came 62nd with a time of 2hours, 26 minutes, 5 seconds.[2]
He is the first (and as of 2010, only) Rwandan to compete at five Olympic Games. The only African to compete in five Olympics before him was Egyptian shooter Mohamed Khorshed. In 2004, Ntawulikura joined three other track and field athletes - Nigerian Mary Onyali, Mozambican Maria Mutola, and Angolan João N'Tyamba in becoming the second African to compete at five Olympics.
He was affiliated with the Pro Patria Milano sporting club in Italy.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 3000 m | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | 10,000 m | ||
1992 | World Cross Country Championships | Boston, United States | 13th | Long race | |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 10th | 5000 m | 13:28.58 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 15th | 10,000 m | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 8th | 10,000 m | |
2000 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Marathon | 2:09:55 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 15th | Marathon | 2:16:39 | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | — | Marathon | DNF |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 49th | Marathon | 2:18:44 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 62nd | Marathon | 2:26:05 |
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 7:43.09 min (1995)
- 5000 metres - 13:11.29 min (1992)
- 10,000 metres - 27:25.48 min (1996)
- Half marathon - 1:01:41 hrs (2000)
- Marathon - 2:09:55 hrs (2000)
See also
References
External links
- Mathias Ntawulikura at World Athletics
Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by Pierre Karemera | Flagbearer for Rwanda Athens 2004 | Succeeded by |
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- 1913; Shin Nakata
- 1914: Shotaro Koriyama
- 1915: Shizo Kanakuri
- 1916: Not held
- 1917: Tosaburo Yanagita
- 1920: Toshio Miyata
- 1921: Yamaguchi Miki
- 1922: Koji Shimomura
- 1923: Taro Hirano
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Juichi Nagatani
- 1926: Shoichi Kusanagi
- 1927: Shigesaku Michikawa
- 1928: Juichi Nagatani
- 1929: Kazunori Morimoto
- 1930: Yukiki Nakajima
- 1931: Seiichiro Tsuda
- 1932: Masamichi Kitamoto
- 1933: Sami Koyanagi
- 1934–39: Kohei Murakoso
- 1940: Katsu Yamashita
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946–47: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku
- 1948: Ryosuke Takasugi
- 1949: Souichi Tamoi
- 1950: Ryosuke Takasugi
- 1951: Kenji Ishii
- 1952–53: Masuo Onishi
- 1954: Kazumi Umezawa
- 1955: Osamu Inoue
- 1956–57: Sekinosuke Aoki
- 1958: Takashi Baba
- 1959: Hidekuni Hiroshima
- 1960–61: Sekinosuke Aoki
- 1962: Kōkichi Tsuburaya
- 1963: Bill Baillie (NZL)
- 1964: Kazuo Tsuchiya
- 1965: Keisuke Sawaki
- 1966: Kazuo Tsuchiya
- 1967: Akio Usami
- 1968: Keisuke Sawaki
- 1969–70: Kenichi Otsuki
- 1971: Yasunori Hamada
- 1972: Toshio Miyashita
- 1973: Ichio Sato
- 1974: Katsuaki Isobata
- 1975: Nobuaki Takao
- 1976: Toshiaki Kamata
- 1977–78: Hideki Kita
- 1979: Yasunori Hamada
- 1980: Kunimitsu Itō
- 1981: Masaya Shintaku
- 1982–83: Takao Nakamura
- 1984: Masaya Shintaku
- 1985: Takao Nakamura
- 1986: Masaya Shintaku
- 1987: Kozu Akutsu
- 1988–89: Haruo Urata
- 1990–91: Thomas Osano (KEN)
- 1992: Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)
- 1993: Stephen Mayaka (KEN)
- 1994–95: Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI)
- 1996: Toshinari Takaoka
- 1997: Julius Gitahi (KEN)
- 1998: Kenji Takao
- 1999: Toshinari Takaoka
- 2000: Sagayo Ngatho (KEN)
- 2001: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
- 2002: Tomoo Tsubota
- 2003: Toshihiro Iwasa
- 2004: Ryuji Ono
- 2005: Yu Mitsuya
- 2006–08: Takayuki Matsumiya
- 2009: Yuki Iwai
- 2010: Kensuke Takezawa
- 2011–14: Yuki Sato
- 2015: Tetsuya Yoroizaka
- 2016–17: Suguru Osako
- 2018: Shuho Dairokuno
- 2019: Kazuki Tamura
- 2020: Akira Aizawa
- 2021: Tatsuhiko Ito
- 2022: Akira Aizawa
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