Zane Robertson

Zane Robertson

Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	14 November 1989 Hamilton, New Zealand
Residence	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia[1]
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's athletics Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 5000 metres

Zane Robertson (born 14 November 1989) is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner.^[3] He lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At the age of 17 he and his twin brother Jake moved from New Zealand to Iten, Kenya to further their running careers.^[4]

He competed in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow over the 5000m, where he finished 14th in a time of 13:46.55.^[5] 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^[6] after running a New Zealand National Indoor Record of 7:44.16 in the heats.^[7] He won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.^[8]

In 2015, Robertson set a New Zealand and Oceanian record in the half marathon with a time of 59:47 at Marugame.^[9]

References

1. "Commonwealth Games – ROBERTSON GRABS 5000M BRONZE « LiveNews.co.nz". livenews.co.nz.
2. "Glasgow 2014 - Zane Robertson Profile". glasgow2014.com.
3. "Zane Robertson". IAAF. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
4. "Athletics Illustrated - articles and videos about the sport of running and track and field.". Athletics Illustrated.
5. "Oops something has gone wrong". iaaf.org.
6. "3000 Metres Result - IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
7. "3000 Metres Result - IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
8. "Glasgow 2014: Ndiku wins first track gold in 5,000m". BBC. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
9. IAAF: Course Record for Kuira at Marugame Half Marathon.