Photo: U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Olivier Irabaruta is the kind of athlete medal tables quietly erase, and that's exactly why he interests me. Born in Muramvya in Burundi's Gitega Province, he ran the 5000m at London 2012 and both the 5000m and 10,000m at Rio 2016, never reaching a final. But carrying a small Central African nation's flag onto the Olympic track twice is its own achievement, one that has little to do with finishing position. That he's also a musician rounds him out into someone more textured than a results sheet. I value the simple act of arriving on the world stage, and he did it more than once.
Overview
Olivier Irabaruta (born 25 August 1990) is a Burundian long-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 5000 metres, finishing 29th overall in Round 1, failing to qualify for the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres. He finished 27th overall in round 1 of the 5000 m competition and did not qualify for the finals.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Olivier Irabaruta
- Name (Japanese)
- オリヴィエ・イラバルタ
- Reading
- おりゔぃえ・いらばるた
- Born
- August 25, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Muramvya, Gitega Province, Burundi
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- athletics competitor / musician / long-distance runner
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Athletics competitor — see all → · Musician — see all →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.