Quentin Rew Explained

Birth Date:16 July 1984
Birth Place:Wellington, 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] In 2021, Rew finished 16th in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a time of 3:57:33.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rew Quentin . IAAF . 18 July 2012.
  2. Web site: New Zealand’s sole Olympic race-walker . 3 News . 18 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian) . hotsport.ua . 31 August 2013.
  4. Web site: Top 10 for Rew at World Champs . athletics.org.nz.
  5. Web site: Athletics - Result Men's 20km Race Walk Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . results.gc2018.com.
  6. Web site: Athletics - Final Results . dead . 2021-08-07 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722145536/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-50km-race-walk-fnl-000100-.htm.