Hezekiél Sepeng
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| Full name | Hezekiél Sello Sepeng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Potchefstroom High School for Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born 30 June 1974),[1] is a South African former 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "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
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