Vénuste Niyongabo
Vénuste Niyongabo OLY  (an haife shi a watan Disamba 9, 1973) tsohon ɗan wasan tsere ne mai tsayi da tsaka-tsaki. A cikin shekarar 1996, ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya samu lambar yabo ta Olympics daga Burundi ta hanyar lashe tseren mita 5000 a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta shekarata 1996.  Ya taba yin takara sau biyu a baya a wannan taron kafin ya lashe lambar zinare.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haife shi a Vugizo, a kudancin Burundi,  Niyongabo ya ci lambar azurfa a cikin 1500 mita a gasar matasa ta duniya na shekarar 1992 kuma ya zo na hudu sama da mita 800. Ya yi takara a babban gasarsa ta farko a shekara mai zuwa, amma an cire shi a wasan kusa da na karshe na 1500 m na gasar cin kofin duniya a Stuttgart. Ba da daɗewa ba Niyongabo ya zama ɗaya daga cikin masu tseren mita 1500 a duniya, inda ya lashe manyan gasa da dama a shekarar 1994 da 1995. Ya kuma lashe lambar tagulla a gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a Gothenburg inda ya kare a bayan Noureddine Morceli da Hicham El Guerrouj. 

Ga wasannin Olympics na shekarar 1996, da aka gudanar a Atlanta, an ɗauka Niyongabo zai zama wanda zai iya lashe gasar 1500. m, amma ya yanke shawarar barin wurinsa ga wani dan kasar, Dieudonné Kwizera. Kwizera ya kasa shiga gasar Olympics a 1988 da 1992 tun lokacin da Burundi ba ta da kwamitin Olympics na kasa a lokacin, kuma yana Atlanta ne kawai a matsayin koci. Niyongabo ya hau zuwa gasa a cikin 5000 m taron maimakon. Yunkurin ya zama mai kyau ga 'yan wasan biyu; A karshe Kwizera ya zama dan wasan Olympics, yayin da Niyongabo ya tsallake rijiya da baya a zagayen karshe na gasar tseren mita 5000 inda ya samu lambar zinare ba zato ba tsammani. 

Shi ne kuma na shida mafi sauri miler taba, sa shi a baya kawai Hicham El Guerrouj, Nuhu Ngeny, Noureddine Morceli, Steve Cram da Daniel Komen. 

Bayan gasar Olympics, Niyongabo ya yi fama da raunuka da dama, kuma bai sake samun irin wannan matakin ba. Yunkurinsa na kare kambunsa a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2000 ya ci tura, inda ya sanya matsayi na 15 kacal a wasan kusa da na karshe.

Niyongabo ya yi aiki da sashen Ekin na Nike, Inc. a Italiya. Ya yi gudu a kan ƙwararrun ƙungiyar Nike Bowerman International a cikin Hood zuwa Coast Relay a shekarar 2005, wanda ya ƙare a na biyu a fagen ƙungiyoyin 1062.

Venuste a yau memba ne na kulob din 'Champions for Peace', rukuni na 54 shahararrun 'yan wasa masu kwarewa don yin hidimar zaman lafiya a duniya ta hanyar wasanni, wanda Peace da Sport ya kirkira, kungiyar kasa da kasa ta Monaco. 

A watan Oktoba na shekarar 2010, ya dauki nauyin gasar "Wasanni na Abota" na farko da aka yi a yankin Great Lakes na Afirka: ranar gasar wasannin motsa jiki na kan iyaka don inganta zaman lafiya da kuma hada kan matasa daga Burundi da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC). a kusa da dabi'un abota da 'yan uwantaka da wasanni ke bayarwa.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 "Gasar Olympics ta Farko ta Burundi ta ƙare da lambar zinare", New York Times, Agusta 4, 1996

Manazarta 
Rayayyun mutane
Haifaffun 1973