Rebecca chapi Uganda athlete dies after boyfriend set her on fire Ugandan athlete Rebecca chapi in nursing burn wounds at the MU teaching and referral Hospital MTR after her boyfriend allegedly poured petrol on her and set her on fire police said chpi who competed in the women's marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics was attacked in transen Zoya County where she has been training Rebecca chapi was born February 22nd she was an Ugandan cross country long-distance and marathon runner who was the National Record holder in the latter discipline and a former world champion in Mountain running she represented Uganda at several World Championships since 2010 including iaf world cross- country championships World mountain and trail running championships and World Athletics Championships she also competed in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris