Zane Robertson
Zane Robertson (born November 14, 1989 ) is a New Zealand long-distance runner .
At the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría, he finished 92nd.
In 2013 he came in 14th place at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow over 5000 m . The following year he was twelfth over 3000 m at the 2014 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Sopot . Over 5000 m he won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and came second at the Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech .
In 2015 he finished second in the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon and stayed as the fourth non-African runner over this distance under an hour.
He has lived in Iten with his twin brother Jake Robertson since 2007 . He trains in Kenya and Ethiopia .
Personal bests
- 1500 m : 3: 34.19 min, September 7, 2014, Rieti
- 1 mile : 3: 53.72 min, July 11, 2014, Dublin
- 3000 m: 7: 41.37 min, July 8th 2014, Cork
- Hall: 7: 44.16 min, March 7, 2014, Sopot
- 5000 m: 13: 13.83 min, July 13, 2013, Heusden-Zolder
- 10,000 m : 27: 33.67 min, August 13, 2016, Rio de Janeiro
- 10 km road run : 27:28 min, October 9, 2016, Berlin
- 15 km road run: 42:17 min, February 1, 2015, Marugame ( split time, Oceania record )
- 20 km road run: 56:40 min, February 1, 2015, Marugame (intermediate time, Oceania record)
- Half marathon : 59:47 min, February 1, 2015, Marugame (Oceania record)
- Marathon : 2:08:19 am, July 7th, 2019, Gold Coast
Web links
- Zane Robertson in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athletics portrait at Athletics New Zealand
Footnotes
- ↑ Jonathan Gault: Zane Robertson Discusses His 59:47 Shocker, His 10,000 Plans and Why He Knew Hayle Lemi Was Going to Win Dubai . In: LetsRun.com. 5th February 2015
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| SURNAME | Robertson, Zane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1989 |