SEDDON Zak

Great Britain

Athletics

Date of Birth: 28 Jun 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: READING

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : ROSS-ON-WYE

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	2000m SC
2010	Singapore, SIN	Final B (5:52.13)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	3000m SC
2019	Doha, QAT	15th (8:40.23)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (8:32.84)

European Championships

Year	Location	3000m SC
2018	Berlin, GER	5th (8:37.28)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m SC
2021	1 x 12th
2020	1 x 11th
2018	1 x 14th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
11	2020	3000m Steeplechase	Monaco, MON	8:38.86
12	2021	3000m Steeplechase	Gateshead, GBR	8:38.39
14	2018	3000m Steeplechase	Birmingham, GBR	8:41.36

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	3000m Steeplechase	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	8:29.37
6	2020	3000m Steeplechase	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	8:36.72

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2018	3000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	8:27.05
6	2019	3000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	8:32.47

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Zakeroo (Facebook profile, 19 May 2020)

Hobbies:

Supporting English football club West Ham United. (Instagram profile, 02 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Business - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Bracknell Athletic Club [Great Britain]

Coach:

Jeff Seddon [father], GBR

Start:

He began athletics at age 12. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2010)

Reason:

He went to an athletics club with a friend. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2010)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2010)

Hero:

Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2010)

General Interest

General
STUDYING IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In 2012 he relocated to the United States of America to study and compete at Florida State University. "I was approached by Florida State's sprint coach Ken Harden in person at the championships [2011 World Youth Championships in Lille, France], and he forwarded my name on to the distance coach after I said I was interested. I'd not really considered going to university and was planning to do an apprenticeship in England. But when I was approached by American universities, I looked at what they had to offer regarding my athletics. They seemed a better bet than British ones because the racing programme has a lot of depth and competition. The training's better too, as it's always warm and there's a great group of guys and a large support team always looking to help you run faster." (athleticsweekly.com, 21 Apr 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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