Tawanda Blessings Chiwira (born 27 August 1974) 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 specialized 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 ...

. Chiwira finished sixth in

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at the 1997 World Championships, together with teammates Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi and

Ken Harnden Kenneth “Ken” Harnden (born 31 March 1973 in Salisbury – now Harare) is a Zimbabwean track and field coach and former hurdler who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event ...

. The team set a Zimbabwean record of 3:00.79 minutes during the heats. Tawanda is a charter member of the University of Idaho Hall of Fame having been inducted in 2007. He was a stand out sprinter for the university competing in the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m events.

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1974 births Living people Zimbabwean male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Zimbabwe Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zimbabwe World Athletics Championships athletes for Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-athletics-bio-stub