Hezekiél Sepeng
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| Full name | Hezekiél Sello Sepeng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 June 1974 Potchefstroom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Potch Boys High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born 30 June 1974),[1] is a South African middle distance runner who came second 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 boxer Sean Santana and the Zimbabwean mountain biker Warren Carne.
See also
References
- ↑ "Hezekiel Sepeng". SAHO. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ↑ Hezekiél Sepeng Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
- ↑ IAAF suspends Sepeng (Archived). News24. Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
- ↑ "Sepeng banned for two years". Mail&Guardian. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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