1. Brian Dzingai was born on 29 April 1981 and is a former Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 in Austin, Texas.
14 Facts About Brian Dzingai
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Brian Dzingai is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Brian Dzingai attended college at both Truman State University in Kirksville, MO and Florida State University in the United States, where he was a member of both track teams.
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Brian Dzingai was a member of the African Students Association at Truman.
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Shortly after completing his undergraduate degree at FSU, Brian earned a master's degree in Business Administration from Florida State University.
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Brian Dzingai completed a Masters in Intellectual Property Management and Markets from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2020.
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Brian Dzingai competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships.
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Brian Dzingai represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he was selected as the flag-bearer for the Zimbabwean contingent.
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Brian Dzingai competed in the 200 metres and placed first in his first round heat, just in front of Christian Malcolm with a time of 20.25 seconds.
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Brian Dzingai improved his time in the second round to 20.23 seconds and won his race again, this time in front of American sprinter, Walter Dix.
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Brian Dzingai ran his semi final race in 20.17 seconds and placed second after Churandy Martina, but again before Dix.
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In that race, Usain Bolt shattered the world record, and Brian Dzingai ran a time of 20.22, which placed him unofficially in sixth place.
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Brian Dzingai has been a track and field coach at Illinois Institute of Technology since 2018.
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Brian Dzingai is currently working on setting up his own Zimbabwean based charity, the Kushinga Foundation.