Tendai Chimusasa

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
  1. Lisbon Half Marathon winners
  2. 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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