Jean de Dieu Nkundabera

Jean de Dieu Nkundabera is a Rwandan athlete. He competes in wheelchair racing.

Nkundabera represented Rwanda at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and won his country's first ever Paralympic or Olympic medal in any sport, by taking bronze in the T46 men's 800 metre race, with a time of 1:58.95. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/paralympics/results/3663164.stm "Paralympic results for 25 September"] , BBC, September 25, 2004] [ [http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13474&article=4983 "Nyirabarame qualifies for Beijing Olympics"] , "The New Times", June 11, 2008] [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-3521488_ITM "The Greek gods would be pleased--the 2004 Summer Paralympics revisited"] , "Palaestra", September 22, 2004]

Nkundabera will represent Rwanda again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. [ [http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13573&article=7392 "Olympic team urged to fight for medals"] , "The New Times", June 26, 2008]

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