Francis Zimwara (born 22 June 1986) is a retired

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an sprinter who specialized in the

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and

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. In the 100 metres he competed at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

, the 2012 African Championships, the 2014 African Championships and the

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without reaching the final, but reaching the semi-final in 2011 and 2015. In the 200 metres he finished fifth at the

, reached the semi-final at the 2012 African Championships and reached the final without starting the final race at the 2014 African Championships. He also finished eighth in the

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at the 2016 African Championships. His personal best times were 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in May 2012 in

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; 20.83 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in August 2014 in

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; and 47.45 seconds in the

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, achieved in March 2014 in

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1986 births Living people Zimbabwean male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-athletics-bio-stub