Quentin Rew

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Quentin Rew
2013 IAAF World Championship in Moscow 50 km Men Walk Quentin REW, Tianfeng SI, Emerson HERNANDEZ, Andrés CHOCHO (cropped).JPG
Rew at 50 km walk race in 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1984-07-16) 16 July 1984 (age 37)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country New Zealand
SportAthletics
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] At the XXI Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Rew finished 5th in the Men's 20 kilometres walk, with a time of 1:21:47.[5] In 2021, Rew finished 16th in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics with a time of 3:57:33.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rew Quentin". IAAF. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ^ "New Zealand's sole Olympic race-walker". 3 News. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Russian athlete Igor Yerokhin disqualified for life for violating anti-doping rules (translation from Ukrainian)". hotsport.ua. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Top 10 for Rew at World Champs". athletics.org.nz.
  5. ^ "Athletics - Result Men's 20km Race Walk Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
  6. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Retrieved 7 August 2021.


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