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Hezekiél Sepeng

Hezekiél Sepeng

South African middle-distance runner

Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born 30 June 1974),[1] is a South African 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]

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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.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Hezekiel Sepeng". SAHO. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    Hezekiél Sepeng Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  3. [3]
    IAAF suspends Sepeng (Archived). News24. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  4. [4]
    "Sepeng banned for two years". Mail&Guardian. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


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