Faustin Butéra

 

Faustin Butéra (wavutse kuwa 20 Nzeri 1955) numukinnyi w'umunyarwanda usiganwa ku maguru . Yitabiriye irushanwa ryo gusiganwa kumaguru rya metero 400 na metero 400 mu mikino Olempike yo mu mpeshyi yo mu 1984.

Butéra yegukanye umudari wewa mbere mpuzamahanga mu irushanwa rya 1978 rya Siporo muri Afurika yo Hagati ryabereye i Libreville, muri Gabon, ahoyatsindiye umudari wa zahabu mu kwiruka metero 800 mu minota 1 n'iminota 55.5. Mu 1979, yashyizeho igihe agahigo ke cya mbere cyo kwiruka metero 400 mu buryo bw'amasegonda 53.7, nubwo yari yihuta kurusha agahigo k'u Rwanda ntikemejwe bitewe n'uburyo bwo gukoresha igihe n'intoki. Yashyizeho igihe cyecya mbere cyo kwiruka metero 400 mumasegonda 49.36 mu 1982.

Butéra yatsinze mumikino yo gusiganwa kumaguru yametero 400 ndetse no mu mikino Olempike yomuri 1984, yari iteganyijwe muminsi ikurikiranye. Ku itariki ya 3 Kanama, Butéra yarangije ari uwa 7 mu mikino yo gusiganwa kumaguru ya metero 400, yirukanye amanota 54.36 ariko ntagera muri kimwe cyakabiri cy’irushanwa. Igihe cye cyashyize umuhigo w’igihugu cy’u Rwanda kugeza uburacyariho muri 2025 Ku itariki ya 4 Kanama, yagarutse muri metero 400, yiruka amasegonda 51.41 aba uwa 8 mu gihe yarari mwirushanwa.

Nyuma y'imyaka itatu mu mikino ya Afurika yo Hagati yo mu 1987, Butéra yongeye kwitabira mu isiganwa ry'imipira yogusiganwa metero 400. Yatsindiye umudari wifeza inyuma ya Jean-Pierre Abossolo-Ze, yiruka amasegonda 54.0. Igihe cye cyongeye kwihuta kurusha agahigo ke k'igihugu, ariko ntibyemejwe bitewe n'uburyo bwogukoresha igihe nintoki bwakoreshejwe.

Muri 2012, Butéra yashimwe na Minisiteri y'Umuco n'Imikino yomu Rwanda, ahabwa uburenganzira bwo kwinjira mumikino yose yomu Rwanda kubera kuba umukinnyi mpuzamahanga ukomeye mu gihugu.