Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres. Her silver medal was the first Olympic medal for Burundi since 1996. Niyonsaba won a silver in the event at the 2017 World Championships.
She is a two-time 800m world indoor champion, having won 800m in 2016 and 2018. After her move to longer distances, Niyonsaba finished fifth over the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She holds the world record in the 2000 metres, and seven Burundian records.
In 2019, World Athletics announced that Niyonsaba would not be allowed to compete under the female classification in events between 400 metres and one mile due to its regulations on XY DSD athletes with naturally high testosterone levels.[3][4]
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^Francine Niyonsaba Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
^Lavista, Adrian (18 May 2019). "Semenya, Francine, and Margaret miss Stockholm Diamond League after gender ruling". RegionWeek. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^"IAAF publishes briefing notes and Q&A on Female Eligibility Regulations". World Athletics. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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