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{{short description|Zimbabwean long-distance runner}}
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'''Tendai Chimusasa''' (born January 28, 1971, in [[Nyanga, Zimbabwe|Nyanga]]) is a retired [[Zimbabwe]]an [[Long-distance track event|long-distance]] [[Running|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 <ref>[https://www.arrs.run/HP_LisHM.htm Lisbon Half Marathon winners]</ref> 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.<ref>Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_DiekirchXC.htm Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women)]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ZIM}}
|-
|1992
|[[Lisbon Half Marathon]]
|[[Lisbon, Portugal]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Half marathon
|1:01:17
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada
|14th
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|13:59.36]]
|-
|bgcolor="silver"  | 2nd
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres|28:47.72]]
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, United States]]
|13th
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:16:31]] 
|-
|1998
|[[Hamburg Marathon]] 
|[[Hamburg, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:57
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|9th
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:14:19]]
|}

*1998 World Half Marathon Championships - eighth place
*1996 World Half Marathon Championships - bronze medal

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Tendai Chimusasa}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Zimbabwe]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Zimbabwe]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Manicaland Province]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Zimbabwean male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics]]

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