Nationality New Zealand Height 1.82 m Sport Track and field Weight 63 kg | Event(s) 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m Residence Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Name Zane Robertson Siblings Jake Robertson | |
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Born 14 November 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-11-14 ) Hamilton, New Zealand Profiles | ||
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Zane Robertson (born 14 November 1989) is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner. He lives in Iten, Kenya. At the age of 17 he and his twin brother Jake moved from New Zealand to Iten, Kenya, to further their running careers.
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He competed in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow over the 5000 m, where he finished 14th in a time of 13:46.55. At the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Robertson finished 12th in the final of the 3000 metres event a in a time of 8:01.81 after running a New Zealand National Indoor Record of 7:44.16 in the heats. He won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
In 2015, Robertson set a New Zealand and Oceanian record in the half marathon with a time of 59:47 at Marugame. Robertson became only the fourth non-African runner in history to run the distance in under one hour.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics Robertson finished 12th in the men's 10000 metres with a time of 27:33.67. The time broke Dick Quax's 39-year-old New Zealand national record by more than 8 seconds.
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