Simon Mrashani Basiligitwa (born 18 April 1964) is a Tanzanian marathon runner.
He won the silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur in a time of 2:19:42 hours. He set his PR of 2:11:34 in 1991 in Japan, and was subsequently named to the national World Championship team in the same year. The next year he finished second in the Hamburg Marathon in Germany, just behind fellow-Tanzanian marathoner Julius Sumaye. His younger sister Banuelia Mrashani also ran the marathon at an elite level internationally.
Achievements All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Representing 1991Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan 1st2:11:34World Championships Tokyo, Japan—DNF1992Hamburg MarathonHamburg, Germany2nd2:15:451994Mars Duna MarathonVisegrád, Hungary1st2:17:381995Antwerp MarathonAntwerp, Belgium3rd2:16:081996Prague MarathonPrague, Czech Republic6th2:16:001998Vienna MarathonVienna, Austria6th2:13:192000Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan16th2:18:51
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