Joe Atuhaire

Joe Atuhaire (yazaalibwa Ogwokutaano 15, 1978) Munnayuganda eyali omuwuzi, eya kuguka mu mpaka z'okuwuga ez'ekika ekya Breast stroke. Yakiikirira Uganda mu mpaka egya Summer 2000, n’amalira mu kifo ekya nkaaga mu etaano mu mpaka eza mmita 100 egya breaststroke. Nga wayiseewo akaseera katono ng’emizannyo giwedde, omulimu gw’okuwuga Atuhaire gwali gubuutikidwa n’emisango egy’obumenyi bw’amateeka bwe yakwatibwa n’aggulwako omusango gw’okusobya ku mwana, n’asibwa omwezi mulamba ng’emisango teginnaggyibwawo.

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Atuhaire yavuganya ne Uganda mu mpaka eza Men's 100m breastsroke mu mpaka eza Summer 2000 e Sydney . Yaweebwa ekifo kya Universality okuva mu FINA, mu budde bw’okuyingira obwa 1:10.00. Yeetaba mu kubiisana okwe bbugumu erisooka ng'avuganya n'abawuzi abalala babiri Antonio Leon owa Paraguay ne Kieran Chan owa Papua New Guinea. Yatuuse ku kisaawe ekitono eky’abantu basatu n’akwata ekifo ekisembayo mu budde bwa 1:22.35, nga bwe businga okuwandiikibwa mu mpaka z’ebbugumu n’eddakiika ezisukka mu musanvu. Facinet Bangoura yafunye obudde obusingako awo mpola mu bbugumu eryaddako, kyokka n’agobwa. Atuhaire yalemerebwa okwesogga semi, bwe yakwata ekifo kya nkaaga mu etaano okutwalira awamu ku lunaku olusoose mu mpaka za prelims, ng’asinga sikonda ezisoba mu 21 emabega w’omuwuzi eyakwata ekifo eky’oku ntikko era okukkakkana nga nnantameggwa wa Olympics , Domenico Fioravanti owa Yitale.

Nga wayise ennaku nnya ng’empaka z’okuwuga ziwedde, ng’akyali mu kibuga Sydney, Atuhaire yakwatibwa n’aggulwako omusango gw’okusobya ku muwala ow’emyaka kkumi n’omusanvu okumpi n’ekyalo ekikulu eky’omuzannyi wa Olympics. Oluvannyuma emisango gyaggyibwawo awatali kunnyonnyolwa. ​ bannabyamizannyo abatuufu Oluvannyuma New Vision yagamba nti omusango guno guyinza okubaako ebizibu ebigazi ku katale k’eggwanga Omusango guno gwakozesebwa ng’okulabula eri bannabyamizannyo ba Uganda ab’omu maaso abagenda e Australia mu mizannyo gya Commonwealth 2006 .

Oluvannyuma lw’emizannyo gino, Atuhaire ye yafuga emisinde gy’eggwanga mu July 2001, n’awangula emisinde esatu. Ku nkomerero y'omwaka ogwo, Atuhaire yaddamu okukiikirira Uganda mu mpaka z'ensi yonna eza FINA mu mpaka za mita 50 ez'eddembe. Eyo, yamalira mu kifo kya kinaana mu bisatu ku 92 abayingidde, ng’asingako katono ku sikonda 5 n’ekitundu okuva ku muwanguzi.

Mu 2002, yagenda e Japan okutendekebwa, nga tayambiddwaako kibiina kye eky’eggwanga ekiwuga. Kigambibwa nti yali tasobola kwesasulira kuddayo kwetaba mu kugezesebwa mu mizannyo gya Commonwealth 2002Oluvannyuma lw’okukola e Japan ng’omusuubuzi w’emmotoka, mu 2005 yatandika kaweefube w’okuzimba ekidiba ekiwugirwamu ekya Olympics mu Kampala asobole okuyamba bannabyamizannyo abalala okufuna ebiseera n’obumanyirivu okusobola okuyitamu okugenda mu mpaka ez’omutindo ogwa waggulu mu biseera eby’omu maaso.