Mathias Mirimi Kanda (2 June 1942 - 30 October 2009)+ agaari muZimbabwean mutsara ne munda mutambi vakaberekerwa kuChivhu uyo vaikwikwidzana muna 1964 Summer Olympic makwikwi ewarume wakapedza 51st uye vakamhanya 2: 41,09 vari yedaro refu. Akadzosarudzwa kuti kumhanya ari 1968 Olympic chikwata  kwaRhodesia, pa kwakunevamwe maZimbabwean, Bernard Dzoma, Asi chikwata ichi hachina kubvumirwa kukwikwidzana mune Olympic Games nekuti Rhodesia haana kubvumira vanhu vatema vomuAfrica kuvhota musarudzo dzenyika. Kanda ruziwo rwake rwokumhanya panguva ino  dzakataurwa namudzidzisi wake weAustralia John Cheffers, Mubhuku rake rinonzi: A Wilderness Of Spite. Cheffers akafunga kuti Kanda hayenenguvha kuwana medal muna Mexican Olympic yedaro refu. Mumakore vhiki mu June 1968, Kanda wakahwina Zimbabwe / Rhodesian Olympic Marathon kuyitwa kuBulawayo (nenguva 4500 nekuyenda netsoka) muna 2: 27: 04.7 kumhepo inotonora kosi kuti akanga ane 8 kiromita kuyita pakupera kwekosi. On 4 May 1968 Kanda uyewo Mahwina South African yedaro refu Championship (panguva Libanon Mine Track 20 chete kubva Johannesburg) pa 5337 tsoka ari 2: 27: 24.8. Tichifunga kuti vose marudzi vakanga chinokosha kukwira (pamwe Libanon Mine Track pedyo 7382 tsoka Mexico City) Kanda zvakanaka vakaumbwa ambotiza pana Mexico City.