Hezekiél Sepeng
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for South Africa | |||
Men’s athletics | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Silver | 1996 Atlanta | 800 m | |
World Championships | |||
Silver | 1999 Sevilla | 800 m |
Hezekiél Sepeng (born June 30, 1974 in Potchefstroom) is a South African middle distance runner who came second in the Olympic 800 m final in Atlanta 1996 (behind Vebjørn Rodal), the 1998 Commonwealth Games (behind Japheth Kimutai) and the World Championships' final in Seville 1999 (behind Wilson Kipketer). Educated at Potchefstroom Boys High he was in the same class as South African Boxer Sean Santana and the Zimbabwean Mountainbiker Warren Carne.