Tendai Chimusasa (born January 28, 1971, in Nyanga) is a retired Zimbabwean long-distance runner. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1992 [1] and Berlin Half Marathon in 1994 and 1997.
Chimusasa was also a cross country runner and won the Eurocross meeting in Luxembourg in 1994 and 1996.[2]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Zimbabwe
| |||||
| 1992 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Half marathon | 1:01:17 |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 14th | 5000 m | 13:59.36 |
| 2nd | 10,000 m | 28:47.72 | |||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th | Marathon | 2:16:31 |
| 1998 | Hamburg Marathon | Hamburg, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:57 |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 9th | Marathon | 2:14:19 |
- 1998 World Half Marathon Championships - eighth place
- 1996 World Half Marathon Championships - bronze medal
References
edit- ^ Lisbon Half Marathon winners
- ^ Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
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