Burundian long-distance runner
Diomede Cishahayo (born 15 September 1965) is a retired long distance Burundian runner.
Career
He finished eighth in the 5000 metres at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie[1] and competed in the 3000 metres at the 1991 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[2] He competed, and finished lowly, at the 1991 World Cross Country Championships, the 1992 World Cross Country Championships and the 1993 World Half Marathon Championships.
His personal best times were 7:50.22 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 1991 in Rome; 13:41.6 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1993 in San Giovanni Valdarno; and 28:14.80 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Domodossola. In road races he had 1:01:43 hours in the half marathon, in January 1997 in Marrakesh (a Burundian record; and 2:23:37 hours in the marathon, in December 1999 in Assisi.[3]
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