Lewis Simon Banda (born 16 September 1982 in Tshabalala) is a

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

an sprinter who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in

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. This is the current Zimbabwean record. The same year he reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.

Competition record

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* * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bulawayo Zimbabwean male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Zimbabwe Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zimbabwe African Games bronze medalists for Zimbabwe African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Zimbabwe-athletics-bio-stub