Hezekiél Sepeng
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| Medal record | ||
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Competitor for  South Africa |
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| Men’s athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | 800 m |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 1999 Sevilla | 800 m |
Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born June 30, 1974), is a South African middle distance runner who came second in the Olympic 800 metres final in Atlanta 1996 (behind Vebjørn Rodal),[1] 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.[2]
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Hezekiél Sepeng. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
- ^ IAAF suspends Sepeng (Archived). News24. Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Hezekiél Sepeng
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