Hezekiél Sepeng
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Full name | Hezekiél Sello Sepeng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-06-30) 30 June 1974 (age 50) Potchefstroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Potchefstroom High School for Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born 30 June 1974),[1] is a South African middle distance runner who won silver in the Olympic 800 metres final in Atlanta 1996 (behind Vebjørn Rodal),[2] the 1998 Commonwealth Games (behind Japheth Kimutai) and the World Championships' final in Seville 1999 (behind Wilson Kipketer). He was banned from competition from May 2005 to May 2007 after a positive doping test for nandrolone.[3][4]
He was born in Potchefstroom and educated at Potchefstroom Boys High, where he was in the same class as South African commonwealth boxer Sean Santana.
See also
References
- ^ "Hezekiel Sepeng". SAHO. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Hezekiél Sepeng Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ IAAF suspends Sepeng (Archived). News24. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ "Sepeng banned for two years". Mail&Guardian. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links
- Hezekiél Sepeng at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() Sydney 2000 | Succeeded by |
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- 1959:
Dieter Heydecke (FRG)
- 1961:
Ron Delany (IRL)
- 1963:
Mamoru Morimoto (JPN)
- 1965:
Bill Crothers (CAN)
- 1967:
Ralph Doubell (AUS)
- 1970:
Franz-Josef Kemper (FRG)
- 1973:
Yevhen Arzhanov (URS)
- 1975:
Waldemar Gondek (POL)
- 1977:
Alberto Juantorena (CUB)
- 1979:
Evans White (USA)
- 1981:
Andreas Hauck (GDR)
- 1983:
Ryszard Ostrowski (POL)
- 1985:
Ryszard Ostrowski (POL)
- 1987:
Slobodan Popović (YUG)
- 1989:
Ari Suhonen (FIN)
- 1991:
Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)
- 1993:
Marko Koers (NED)
- 1995:
Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)
- 1997:
Norberto Téllez (CUB)
- 1999:
Norberto Téllez (CUB)
- 2001:
Khalid Tighazouine (MAR)
- 2003:
Roman Oravec (CZE)
- 2005:
Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)
- 2007:
Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (IRI)
- 2009:
Sajjad Moradi (IRI)
- 2011:
Lachlan Renshaw (AUS)
- 2013:
Nijel Amos (BOT)
- 2015:
Shaquille Walker (USA)
- 2017:
Jesús Tonatiu López (MEX)
- 2019:
Mohamed Belbachir (ALG)
- 2021:
Maciej Wyderka (POL)
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