Moustafa Matola

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Moustafa Matola
Personal information
NationalityMalawian
Born (1948-11-27) 27 November 1948 (age 76)
Sport
SportSprinting
Event100 metres

Moustafa Matola (born 27 November 1948) is a Malawian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]

Matola was the first Olympic athletics competitor for Malawi along with Harry Nkopeka and Emesia Chizunga in the 800 m, with all three athletes competing on 31 August 1970. [2] He ran 11.31 seconds into a headwind to finish 7th in his heat. [3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Moustafa Matola Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. Mallon, Bill. "Malawi at the 1972 Summer Olympics" . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. "Athletics recap for meeting #12828560" . Tilastopaja .