Hezekiél Sello Sepeng (born 30 June 1974), is a South African middle distance runner who won silver in the Olympic
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
final in
Atlanta 1996 (behind
Vebjørn Rodal), the
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...
(behind
Japheth Kimutai
Japheth Kimutai (born December 20, 1978, in Lelmokwo, Nandi District) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in 800 metres.
In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year h ...
) and the
World Championships' final in Seville 1999 (behind
Wilson Kipketer
Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Danish former middle distance runner. He is the second fastest of all time over 800 meters, setting the world record and breaking his own record two more times all in 1997. He dominated the 8 ...
). He was banned from competition from May 2005 to May 2007 after a positive doping test for
nandrolone
Nandrolone, also known as 19-nortestosterone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name Deca-Durabolin) and nandrolone phenylpropionate (brand name Durabolin). Nandrolon ...
.
He was born in
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...
and educated at
Potchefstroom Boys High
Potchefstroom High School for Boys is a public English medium high school for boys situated in Potchefstroom in the North West province of South Africa. It is one of the oldest schools in South Africa.
Historical perspective
School history
W ...
, where he was in the same class as South African commonwealth boxer
Sean Santana
Sean Santana (born 26 December 1976) is a South African boxer. He was educated at Potchefstroom Boys High and graduated in 1994, he was in the same high school class as Zimbabwean cyclist Warren Carne
Warren James Carne (born 14 October 1975 ...
.
See also
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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ...
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1974 births
People from Potchefstroom
Doping cases in athletics
South African male middle-distance runners
South African sportspeople in doping cases
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Living people
Olympic athletes of South Africa
Olympic silver medalists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Universiade gold medalists for South Africa
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
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