Antipass Kwari (born 1975) is a
Zimbabwean cyclist. He was the 2005 Zimbabwe mountainbike champion and represented his country at the 2007 African Mountainbike Championships which were held in
Windhoek,
Namibia where he placed 8th, in doing so Kwari qualified for the
2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
held in
Beijing, where he finished 48th in the men's cross country race.
"Zimbabwe preparations for Olympic Games gather momentum"
Xinhuanet.com, May 21, 2008
In 2007, Kwari and the Zimbabwe Mountain Bike team created history when they became the very first Zimbabwe Mountain Bike team to race in an official UCI international race. They competed at the 2007 UCI African MTB Championship, which was held in Windhoek. Zimbabwe had in previous seasons raced in the road cycling discipline but never at mountain biking.
See also
* Zimbabwe Cycling Federation
Zimbabwe Cycling Federation reformed as Cycling Zimbabwe (CZ) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Zimbabwe. Cycling Zimbabwe is a member of the Confédération Africaine de Cyclisme and is also affiliated to the Zimbabwe Olympic ...
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Zimbabwean male cyclists
Living people
Zimbabwean mountain bikers
1975 births
Olympic cyclists for Zimbabwe
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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