Zane Robertson

Zane Robertson
Robertson at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Home townIten, Kenya[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event800 metres – half marathon
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 5000 m
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 5000 m

Zane Robertson (born 14 November 1989)[3] is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Robertson is the Oceanian record holder for the 10 kilometres and half marathon, and New Zealand record holder for the marathon. He also holds the area best in the road 10 miles. He is currently serving an eight-year ban for breaching two World Athletics anti-doping rules.

At the age of 17, he and his twin brother Jake moved from New Zealand to Iten, Kenya, to further their running careers.[4]

On 22 March 2023, it was announced that Robertson had been banned from competition for eight years following two World Athletics anti-doping rule violations. He received a four-year ban for the use of EPO found in in-competition test in May 2022 and an additional four years for tampering with the doping control process, effectively ending his athletics career.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Commonwealth Games – ROBERTSON GRABS 5000M BRONZE « LiveNews.co.nz". livenews.co.nz.
  2. ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 – Zane Robertson Profile". glasgow2014.com.
  3. ^ "Zane ROBERTSON – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Kelsall, Christopher (28 August 2013). "The Zane Robertson interview". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ban_tampering was invoked but never defined (see the help page).