NYIRAMBARUSHIMANA Sandrine

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
8	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
11	Women	2018	Netherlands

English

Jean Marie Vianney Nsengiyumva [national]

Middle blocker (paralympic.org, 15 Sep 2016)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2012 in Rwanda. (newtimes.co.rw, 12 Oct 2019; Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

"Before I got involved in the sport I was at home thinking I was the only one to be disabled and that my disability was the worst thing in the world. When I started playing sitting volleyball I saw different categories of disability and realised my disability wasn't as severe as I thought. It shifted my mindset. I started talking to others, I became less shy and more social. I changed." (laureus.com, 09 Sep 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (newtimes.co.rw, 13 Jan 2020; newtimes.co.rw, 12 Oct 2019)

Qualifying for the 2016 Paralympic Games. (newtimes.co.rw, 12 Oct 2019)

Rwandan sitting volleyball player Emile Cadet Vuningabo. (newtimes.co.rw, 12 Oct 2019)

Coach Philbert Nyirimanzi. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2016)

In 2015, 2017 and 2019 she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the African championships. (taarifa.rw, 01 Sep 2019; newtimes.co.rw, 12 Oct 2019)