Robert Heppenstall

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Robert Heppenstall
Personal information
Born (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 28)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport Track, cross country
Event(s) 1500 meters, 800 metres, mile
College team Wake Forest
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 meters : 1:46.05 [1]
1500 meters : 3:35.17 [1]
mile : 3:55.15 [1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago 1500 m
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Edmonton Men's 800m
Updated on November 17, 2022

Robert Heppenstall (born February 28, 1997) is a professional Canadian middle-distance track and field athlete. Competing for Canada at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Heppenstall won silver in the men's 800 metres. A 7x All American in the 800m, Heppenstall is a two-time Canadian national champion in 800m and 1500m. [1]

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Running career

Heppenstall started participating in track and field for St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. During his high school career he was a four-time high school track and field MVP (Most Valuable Player award), as well as four-time OFSAA gold medalist, and three-time Canadian national champion in the 800 m. Heppenstall earned Athletics Ontario Distance Athlete of the Year honors in 2014 and 2015 [2]

Heppenstall competed in Track and Field as well as Cross-Country for Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C. In his freshman year Heppenstall broke the University and the ACC championships record, setting a new Canadian junior indoor 800 m record with a time of 1:47.35. [3] In 2015 he became Junior Pan American Games silver medalist in the 800 m; in 2016 he finished 3rd at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres. [4] The following years, Heppenstall won bronze at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships as well as bronze at the 2019 Championship. [1]

Since turning professional, Heppenstall became two-time Canadian national champion in the 800m and 1500m (2021 and 2022). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Robert HEPPENSTALL | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Robert Heppenstall – Men's Track and Field". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ Huebsch, Tim (February 28, 2016). "Robert Heppenstall breaks 25-year-old Canadian junior indoor 800 m record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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