Tiacoh Gabriel

**Gabriel Tiacoh** (9 Gashyantare 1963 &#x2013; 2 Mata 1992) yari umukinnyi wo gusiganwa muri Kote Divuwari kabuhariwe muri metero 400 . Azwi cyane mu gutsindira umudari wa mbere mu mikino Olempike mu gihugu cye, muri metero 400 mu 1984 .

Yahoze afite umudari  muri Afurika, yabaye shampiyo wa furika mu ntera mu 1984 na 1989, ndetse anegukana umudari  mu 1985 na 1988. Yitabiriye amarushanwa y'isi yaberaga mu mikino ngororamubiri mu 1983 na 1987, akaza ku mwanya wa karindwi muri metero 400 ku nshuro ya nyuma. Yahagarariye Kote Divuwari mu mikino Olempike ku nshuro ya kabiri mu mikino ya Seoul yo mu 1988, ariko ntiyagera ku mukino wa nyuma.

Yapfuye azize indwara y'igituntu mu 1992 i Atlanta, Jeworujiya afite imyaka 29, asize umukobwa we w'ikinege Alexis Tiacoh. Yari afite ibhe byiza by' amasegonda 44.30 kuri metero 400.

## Umwuga
Yitabiriye amarushanwa ya mbere yisi yose yaberaga muri kwiruka n'amaguru, akurwa hanze muri kimwe cya kane kirangiza muri metero 400 mu bagabo . Mu 1984 yatangiye atsindira metero 400 muri Shampiyona nyafurika yaberaga i Rabat . Nyuma y'ibyumweru bike, mu mikino Olempike, yabashije gutwara umudari amasegonda 44.54, ashyiraho agahigo muri Afrika . Ku myaka 20 y'amavuko, Tiacoh abonye umudari wa mbere wegukanye umudari wa Olempike ukomoka mu gihugu cya Afurika y'Iburengerazuba . Yirutse kandi muri metero 4 × 400 muri iryo rushanwa, ariko ikipe y'abagabo barimo Georges Kablan Degnan, Avognan Nogboum na René Djédjémel Mélédjé ) yaviriyemo muri kimwe cya kabiri kirangiza.

Yatakaje umudali muri metero 400 titre ya Innocent Egbunike muri Shampiyona nyafurika ya 1985 yaberaga mu kwiruka, nubwo Tiacoh yari agishoboye gutwara umudari. Umwaka ukurikira yegukanye umudari w' Afurika muri metero  400, ubwambere yagize 44.32, naho ubwa kabiri agira amasegonda 44.30 (niwe wihuta cyane mubakinnyi bose icyo gihembwe). Yaboneyeho no kubashampiyo wa NCAA muri uwo mwaka. Tiacoh yirutse mu marushanwa y'isi yo mu 1987 yaberaga muri Athletisme kandi bimworoheye kugeza ku mukino wa nyuma. Ariko, ntishoboye kurangiza kumwanya wa karindwi muri metero 400 kuko atabashaga guhuza igihe gicyenewe cya masegonda 44.69 byari kuba bihagije kugirango ubone umuringa.

Mu marushanwa ya Afurika yo mu 1988 yaberaga muri shampiyona yo kwiruka, yongeye gukubitwa ku mwanya wa kabiri na Egbunike. Ikipe ya Kote Divuwari yayonye umudari wa feza mu rayo marushanwa. Tiacoh yari ahagarariye igihugu cye mu mikino Olempike ku nshuro ya kabiri, ariko ntiyashobora gusubiramo umudari we maze aviramo muri kimwe cya kane kirangiza nyuma yo kurangiza ku mwanya wa gatanu.  Yafashije ikipe ya Kote Divuwari kugera muri kimwe cya kabiri cy'imikino Olempike, barangije ku mwanya wa gatandatu ntibabasha kugera ku mukino wa nyuma.

Umwaka wa nyuma w'amarushanwa akomeye yari 1989: yagaruye muri metero 400 Igikombe cya Afurika muri Shampiyona nyafurika yo mu 1989 yaberaga mu mikino ngororamubiri ndetse anegukana umudari wa zahabu muri Jeux de la Francophonie ya mbere. Uhagarariye Afurika mu gikombe cy'isi cya IAAF mu 1989, yaje ku mwanya wa gatatu muri metero 400 abona umudari wumuringa.

Tiacoh yapfuye mu 1992 i Atlanta azize igituntu cya meningite yatewe n'igituntu cya miliary afite imyaka 29.  Asigaye metero 400 ufite amateka mu gihugu cye cya Kote Divuwari.

Yari mu nama ngarukamwaka yirushanwa ryitiriwe izina rye - Gabriel Tiacoh ahurira i Abidjan . 

## Ibyo yagezeho

## Utuntu n'utundi

* Mu gishushanyo mbonera gisetsa cyerekana Ubwongereza , Denver Mills ( David Walliams ) avuga ko afite umudari wa feza yatsindiye Tiacoh mu mikino Olempike yo mu 1984, nyamara ibi ntibivugwa muri iki gitaramo. (Urwenya ruturuka ku kuba abantu badashima ibyo yagezeho nkuko abishaka. )

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