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Robert Heppenstall

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Robert Heppenstall
Personal information
Born (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 29)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
SportTrack, cross country
Events
1500 meters, 800 metres, mile
College teamWake Forest
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800 meters: 1:46.04[1]
1500 meters: 3:35.17[1]
mile: 3:55.15[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago1500 m
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 EdmontonMen's 800m
Updated on November 17, 2022

Robert Heppenstall (born February 28, 1997) is a professional Canadian middle-distance track and field athlete. Competing for Canada at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Heppenstall won silver in the men's 800 metres. A 7x All American in the 800m, Heppenstall is a two-time Canadian national champion in 800m and 1500m.[1]

Running career

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Heppenstall started participating in track and field for St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. During his high school career he was a four-time high school track and field MVP (Most Valuable Player award), as well as four-time OFSAA gold medalist, and three-time Canadian national champion in the 800m. Heppenstall earned Athletics Ontario Distance Athlete of the Year honors in 2014 and 2015.[2]

Heppenstall competed in Track and Field as well as Cross-Country for Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C. In his freshman year Heppenstall broke the university and the ACC championships record, setting a new Canadian junior indoor 800m record with a time of 1:47.35.[3] In 2015 he became Junior Pan American Games silver medalist in the 800m; in 2016 he finished 3rd at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres.[4] The following years, Heppenstall won bronze at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships as well as bronze at the 2019 Championship.[1]

Since turning professional, Heppenstall became two-time Canadian national champion in the 800m and 1500m (2021 and 2022).[1] In 2023, Heppenstall won a silver medal in the 1500m at the Pan American Games in Santiago.[5] In 2025, he competed as a semi-finalist in the 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Robert HEPPENSTALL | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Robert Heppenstall – Men's Track and Field". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ Huebsch, Tim (February 28, 2016). "Robert Heppenstall breaks 25-year-old Canadian junior indoor 800 m record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Fenton, Caela (November 3, 2023). "Day 13 at Santiago 2023: Double gold in athletics, medal rushes in fencing and wrestling". Team Canada. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Denver, Riley (March 23, 2025). "Mitton's Golden Repeat Highlights World Indoors". Athletics Canada. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
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