Zane Robertson (born 14 November 1989) is a New Zealand middle and

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runner. He lives in Iten, Kenya. At the age of 17 he and his twin brother

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moved from New Zealand to Iten,

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, to further their running careers.

Career

He competed in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow over the 5000 m, where he finished 14th with a time of 13:46.55. At the

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, Robertson finished 12th in the final of the 3000 metres event a in a time of 8:01.81 after running a New Zealand National Indoor Record of 7:44.16 in the heats. He won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In 2015, Robertson set a New Zealand and Oceanian record in the half marathon with a time of 59:47 at Marugame. Robertson became only the fourth non-African runner in history to run the distance in under one hour. At the

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Robertson finished 12th in the men's 10000 metres with a time of 27:33.67. The time broke

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's 39-year-old New Zealand national record by more than 8 seconds. Robertson was selected to represent New Zealand in both the marathon and 10,000 m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and planned to contest one of the two events. However, he withdrew from the team on 5 April 2018, after his training was hampered by a groin injury earlier in the year. At the 2019 Gold Coast Marathon, Robertson placed third in a time of 2:08:19, breaking his brother Jake's national record by seven seconds. In 2021 Robertson finished 36th in the Tokyo Olympic Games Marathon with a time of 2:17:04.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Zane 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand male middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand Olympic athletes of New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics New Zealand male long-distance runners New Zealand twins Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics