Joachim Nshimirimana

Who is Joachim Nshimirimana?

Joachim Nshimirimana is a Burundian athlete who specialized in marathon and long-distance running. He represented Burundi at two Olympic games.

At age 31, Nshimirimana first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished thirty-second and completed the run in the men's marathon, with a time of 2:19:31. At his second Olympics in Beijing, on the other hand, he finished the men's marathon, just 12 seconds behind Israel's Haile Satayin, with a time of 2:29:55.

In 2006, Nshimirimana won his first championship title at the Ljubljana Marathon, with his personal best time of 2:14:14.