Quentin Rew

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]

Quentin Rew
Rew at 50 km walk race in 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1984-07-16) 16 July 1984
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

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". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.


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