Diane Nukuri-Johnson, Official Athlete Info (not operated by Diane)

29 years old, Burundian record-holder in a number of events, including Marathon and 1/2 Marathon; 2x Olympian (2000 5,000 meters; 2012 Marathon)

Grew up running all around the country hillsides of agricultural Burundi before getting involved in amateur competition traveling around the African Continent and eventually beyond into Europe, Canada and the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Nukuri-Johnson escaped the Civil War in Burundi between the Tutsis and the Hutus as a 16 year old following the Francophone Games in Canada in 2001. She lived in  ...