Budd, Zola (1966–)
Budd, Zola (1966–)
South African runner. Name variations: Zola Budd Pieterse. Born 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa; m. Michael Pieterse (businessman).
Banned from competing internationally because of apartheid policies of South African government, applied for British citizenship (1983); competed for England at Los Angeles Olympics and was involved in historic tumble with Mary Decker Slaney (1984); won world cross-country titles (1985, 1986); won European 3,000 meters (1985); returned to South Africa (1988).
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