Lewis Banda

Simon Lewis Banda ( born September 16, 1982 in Tshabalwa ) is a Zimbabwean athlete who specializes in the 400 -meter run.

Career

Even in his school days at the Milton High School in Bulawayo Banda, who also played rugby accident when athlete was successful. He was at the 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships in Africa Réduit second place in both 400 - and 200 -meter run. In 2003 he began studies in Accounting at Arizona State University in Tempe, where he reinforced the team the Sun Devils.

At the Track - Africa Championships in 2004 in Brazzaville, he won the gold medal with the Zimbabwean 4 x 400 - meter relay. Shortly thereafter, he took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and reached the 400-meter run, the semi-final round. At the Track - Africa Championships 2006 Bambous he won over the same distance in seventh place. In 2007 he won at the Pan-African Games in Algiers as the final runner in the 4 x 100 meters relay together with Ngonidzashe Makusha, Gabriel Mvumvure and Brian Farai the bronze medal. The Zimbabwean 4 x 400 - meter relay team he led there to a bronze medal.

In the following years he was unable to repeat earlier successes. In the 400 - meter race Banda retired from both the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as well as at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships 2010 in Doha already in the heats.