| Birth Name: | Richard Utete Tsimba |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
| School: | Peterhouse Boys' School |
| Spouse: | Cleopatra Connolly |
| Children: | Tadiwa/Lucy, Rutendo, and Nyasha Tsimba |
| Ru Currentteam: | -- |
| Ru Position: | Centre |
| Youthyears1: | |
| Ru Clubyears: | 1985-87 1987-89 1990-95 |
| Ru Proclubs: | Chaminuka RFC Belmont Shore RFC Old Georgians RFC |
| Super14years: | |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1987-1991 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 5 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (12) |
| Repsevensyears1: | |
Richard Utete Tsimba (Salisbury, Rhodesia, 9 July 1965 – 30 April 2000) was a Zimbabwean rugby union player. He played as a centre. He was nicknamed "The Black Diamond".
Tsimba was the first black player to represent his country. He had 5 caps for Zimbabwe, scoring 3 tries, 12 points in aggregate. All his caps came at the Rugby World Cup. He played two games in the 1987 event, scoring two tries in the 21-20 loss to Romania on 23 March 1987 in Auckland. At the 1991 Rugby World Cup he was used in all three of Zimbabwe's games, scoring a try in the 52-8 loss to Japan on 14 October 1991 in Belfast.
He died in a car accident, aged only 34 years old. His wife and 3 daughters surviving him.
On 25 October 2012, he was posthumously inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame; his living younger brother and fellow Zimbabwe international Kennedy Tsimba was inducted alongside him.[1]