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Born | Malawi | 5 June 1996||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Country | Malawi | ||||||||
Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||
Disability | Visual impairment | ||||||||
Disability class | T13 | ||||||||
Event | 1,500m | ||||||||
Club | Bello Athletics Club | ||||||||
Coached by | George Luhanga | ||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||
Paralympic finals | 2016 | ||||||||
Medal record
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Taonere Banda (born 5 June 1996) is a middle-distance para-sport athlete from Malawi who competes mainly in middle-distance events in the T13 category.[1] In 2016 Banda became the first athlete to represent Malawi at a Paralympic Games when she was selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.