Lewis Banda

Personal information
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Born	(1982-09-16) September 16, 1982 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event(s)	400 meters, 4x400 Relay, 4x100 Relay
College team	Texas Christian University
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400m: 44.48 s
Medal record Representing  Zimbabwe Men's athletics 2004 African Championships in Athletics 4 × 400 metres relay 2007 All-Africa Games 4 × 400 metres relay 2007 All-Africa Games 4 × 100 metres relay

Lewis Simon Banda (born 16 September 1982 in Tshabalala) is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Tucson. This is the current Zimbabwean record. The same year he reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zimbabwe
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	–	400	DQ
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	4th	200 m	21.08
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.38
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th (sf)	400 m	45.23
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	7th	400 m	47.18
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	20th (sf)	400	47.22
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.16 (NR)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.84
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	28th (h)	400 m	45.47
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	47th (h)	400 m	46.76

External links

• Lewis Banda at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lewis Banda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2018.