Hezekiél Sepeng Explained

Hezekiél Sepeng
Fullname:Hezekiél Sello Sepeng
Nationality:South African
Birth Date:30 June 1974
Alma Mater:Potchefstroom High School for Boys
Height:176 cm
Weight:63 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:800m

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]

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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  1. Web site: Hezekiel Sepeng. SAHO. 21 June 2018.
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/hezekiel-sepeng-1.html Hezekiél Sepeng
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20050513234412/http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/More_Sport/0%2C%2C2-9-32_1704089%2C00.html IAAF suspends Sepeng
  4. Web site: Sepeng banned for two years. 21 June 2018. 22 May 2006. Mail&Guardian.