# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mathias-kanda
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:09:30.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mathias-kanda"
name: "Mathias Kanda"
slug: "mathias-kanda"
description: "Mirimi Mathias Kanda was a track and field athlete who competed for Rhodesia in the 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon, finishing 51st and running 2:41.09 in the marathon. He was then selected to run in the 1968 Olympic team along with his countryman Bernard Dzoma, but this team was not allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for political reasons. Kanda running experiences during this time are detailed by his Australian coach, John Cheffers, in his book: A Wilderness of Spite."
tagline: "Olympic long-distance runner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1942-06-02"
deathDate: "2009-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.82
  momentum:             1.842105263157895
  historical:           5.468286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Kanda"
    title: "Mathias Kanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ماثياس كاندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Kanda"
    title: "Mathias Kanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Kanda"
    title: "Mathias Kanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Kanda"
    title: "Mathias Kanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Канда, Матиас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6787124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump