Among those who attended the funeral was Zimbabwe's Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts, and Recreation Permanent Secretary Prince Mupazviriho.

Chingoka, also a former President of Tennis Zimbabwe, passed away following a short illness.

He had served as President of the ZOC until 2006 during which time Zimbabwe claimed its first individual Olympic gold medal when swimmer Kirsty Coventry won the 200 metres  backstroke at Athens 2004. 

Chingoka had also been Zimbabwe's Chef de Mission at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. 

“It’s a great loss," Mupazviriho told the Harare Times.  

"We are currently working hard to revive our sport, and when I say revive our sport, we would want to get back to the old days when we used to be known as the country which performs very well in tennis.

"That just goes to show how versatile he was in terms of his leadership qualities."

Mupazviriho added: "He did not just lead tennis, he also was part of Zimbabwe Olympic Committee.

"So the loss is quite huge because we were tapping onto his experience, and knowledge. 

"It’s a great loss to us when we are actually in the process of looking at how best can we revive various sporting disciplines."

Chingoka was best known as a sports administrator for his leadership of tennis during which time Zimbabwe reached the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in 1998. 

He was honoured with an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Award for Services to the Game in 1998, and sat on the ITF Board of Directors from 2001 until 2005. 

During that time, Chingoka also held other roles for the ITF, including his position as chairman of the Coaches Commission, and member of both the Development Advisors Group and the African Zonal Davis Cup Committee.