Jean de Dieu Nkundabera

Jean de Dieu Nkundabera

Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Rwanda
Paralympic Games
	2004 Athens	T46 800m

Jean de Dieu Nkundabera is a Rwandan athlete who 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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Nkundabera represented Rwanda again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.^[4]

References

1. "Paralympic results for 25 September", BBC, September 25, 2004
2. "Nyirabarame qualifies for Beijing Olympics", The New Times, June 11, 2008
3. "The Greek gods would be pleased--the 2004 Summer Paralympics revisited", Palaestra, September 22, 2004
4. "Olympic team urged to fight for medals", The New Times, June 26, 2008