Quentin Rew
Rew, Si, Hernandez and Chocho at 50 km walk race in Moscow World Champs | |
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Born | 16 July 1984 |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 50 km race walk |
Quentin Rew (born 16 July 1984) is a race walker from New Zealand. At the 2011 World Athletics Championships Rew finished 24th in the 50 kilometres race walk.[1] He represented New Zealand in the 50 km race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, originally finishing 30th.[2] With the subsequent ban for a doping offence of Igor Yerokhin (who finished fifth)[3] Rew's placing would be raised to 29th. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Rew finished 10th in the 50 kilometres walk in 3:48:48.[4]
References
- ↑ "Rew Quentin". IAAF. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "New Zealand's sole Olympic race-walker". 3 News. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian)". hotsport.ua. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ Top 10 for Rew at World Champs
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