Quentin Rew
.JPG) Rew at 50 km walk race in 2013 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1984 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  New Zealand |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 50 km race walk |
Quentin Rew (born 16 July 1984) is a race walker from New Zealand. At the 2011 World Athletics Championships Rew finished 24th in the 50 kilometres race walk.[1] He represented New Zealand in the 50 km race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, originally finishing 30th.[2] With the subsequent ban for a doping offence of Igor Yerokhin (who finished fifth)[3] Rew's placing would be raised to 29th. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Rew finished 10th in the 50 kilometres walk in 3:48:48.[4] At the XXI Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Rew finished 5th in the Men's 20 kilometres walk, with a time of 1:21:47.[5]
References
- ^ "Rew Quentin". IAAF. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "New Zealand's sole Olympic race-walker". 3 News. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian)". hotsport.ua. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Top 10 for Rew at World Champs". athletics.org.nz.
- ^ "Athletics - Result Men's 20km Race Walk Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
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