Richard Mabuza

Richard Mabuza ( born March 3 1946) is a former Swazi long distance runner.

Mabuza took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West German in two competitions: In the 10,000 - meter race, he did not reach the semi-finals the goal as he finished the marathon after 2:20:39,6 hours as Seventeenth. Furthermore, the he was honored to perform at the first participation of a Swazi team in the Olympic Games at the opening ceremony as the standard bearers of the nation.

His personal best in the 10 - kilometer distance presented Mabuza in 1974 30:08,6 minutes. In the British Commonwealth Games in 1974 at Christchurch, New Zealand Swasiländer of the valid to date national record was on 31 January in 2:12:54,4 hours on this route. The bronze medal in third place meant the first medal of Swasiländer in the history of games.

The Pan-African Games in 1978 Mabuza won in the Algerian Algiers in 2:21:53 hours and with a 75 -second lead over the Ethiopian Dereje Nedi the gold medal in the marathon.

In addition Mabuzo is represented in several annual world leaderboards: