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 Budd at the 1986 European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 May 1966 Bloemfontein, South Africa[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 m – marathon | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Aldershot, Farnham & District AC[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres. She was also a two-time winner at the World Cross Country Championships (1985–1986).[4] Budd mainly trained and raced barefoot. Her mile best of 4:17.57 in 1985 stood as the British record for 38 years until Laura Muir ran 4:15.24 on 21 July 2023.
She returned to South Africa in 1989, and represented South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She moved with her family to South Carolina, USA in 2008; and competed at marathons and ultramarathons. She moved back to South Africa in 2020–2021.
- ^ a b c "Zola Budd-Pieterse". Sports-Reference. Archived 3 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Zola BUDD-PIETERSE". World Athletics.
- ^ "Zola Pieterse". Track and Field Statistics.
- ^ Mackay, Duncan; Meldrum, Andrew (10 August 2005). "Zola Pieterse finds peace in native land". The Guardian. London.