Emery_Nziyunvira

Emery Nziyunvira

Emery Nziyunvira

Burundian swimmer

Emery Nziyunvira (born 19 March 1984) is a Burundian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nziyunvira was elected by the Burundi National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique du Burundi) to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.[2] He qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:09.84.[3] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 34-year-old Mumtaz Ahmed of Pakistan. He rounded out the field to last place in a lifetime best of 1:09.40, exactly 43 seconds faster than a historic record time of 1:52.72, held by Equatorial Guinea's Eric Moussambani in 2000.[4] Nziyunvira failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-ninth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.[5][6]

Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emery Nziyunvira". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    "IOC Latest News: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    "OS 2004 – Zwemmen: Nziyunvira 47 seconden sneller dan Eric the Eel" [OS 2004 – Swimming: Nziyunvira swims 43 seconds faster than Eric the Eel] (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. [6]
    Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
More information Olympic Games ...
Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article related to a Burundian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Emery_Nziyunvira, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.