Francis Fanello Munthali (born 25 December 1972) is a Malawian former middle-distance runner. Competing in the men's 800 metres at the

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, Francis finished eighth in heat eight and failed to qualify for the next round. At the

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, he ran in the men's 1500 metres, finishing last in heat one and setting a new national record with a time of 3:46.34. Munthali also featured in both the

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and

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, covering distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon. After retiring from competitive sports, Francis became the national athletics coach for Malawi.

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1972 births Living people Malawian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Malawi Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Malawi Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Malawi-athletics-bio-stub