Mathias Kanda

Mathias Kanda is an African Zimbabwean who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon finishing 51st and running 2:41.09 in the marathon.

He was then selected to run in the 1968 Olympic team for Rhodesia, along with fellow Zimbabwean, Bernard Dzoma, but this team was not allowed to compete in the Olympic Games since Rhodesia did not allow black Africans to vote in national elections. Mathias' running experiences during this time are detailed by his Australian coach, John Cheffers, in his book: "A Wilderness of Spite" ^[1]

Mathias Kanda is an African athlete who was significantly effected by the sporting boycotts which were part of the political campaign to end apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia.

Mathias Kanda was last seen working as a fitness coach for the Wankie Collery in Zimbabwe in the 1990s, and was described then as being a fine gentlemanly man^[2]

1. ^ "A Wilderness of Spite" by John Cheffers Vantage Press 1972
2. ^ Related in Phone conversation by David Paynter to Paul Cheffers, 19 June 2011

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