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Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand | 22 January 1980||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||
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Shane Dobbin (born 22 January 1980) is a New Zealand inline skater and speed skater. Before competing on ice, he won a silver medal at The World Games 2001 in Akita and repeated this success at The World Games 2005 in Duisburg. He was New Zealand's only competitor in speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th in the men's 5000 m. [1] He was born in Palmerston North. [2]
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