Hezekiél Sepeng

Hezekiél Sepeng
Personal information
Full name	Hezekiél Sello Sepeng
Nationality	South African
Born	30 June 1974 (age 50); Potchefstroom
Alma mater	Potchefstroom High School for Boys
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Athletics
Event	800m
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
Universiade

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.

References

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