Victor Hogan

Victor Hogan

Personal information
Born	25 July 1989 (age 27) Vredenburg, South Africa
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Discus throw African Championships 2010 Nairobi Discus throw 2012 Porto Novo Discus throw 2014 Marrakech Discus throw 2016 Durban Discus throw

Victor Hogan (born 25 July 1989) is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has a personal best of 65.33^[1]metres and is the reigning African Champion in the event.

Born in Vredenburg,^[2] he took part in discus competitions from a young age: he participated at the 2006 Gymnasiade, won at the 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships, and came fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics.^[3][4] His best throw of 65.52 m with the lighter junior discus in 2008 ranked him as the fifth best junior ever at the time.^[5]

Hogan established himself on the national senior circuit in 2010 with three wins on the Yellow Pages Series and his first national title. He claimed his first major medal at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics soon after, taking the bronze medal.^[6] He represented Africa at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, coming eighth.^[7] He won a second South African title in 2011, but this was marred by an incident where an official was struck by Hogan's discus on the field.^[8]

Hogan cleared sixty metres with the discus for the first time in 2011 and was the runner-up at the 2011 All-Africa Games with a throw of 62.60 metres.^[9] He threw a best of 62.76 m in Bilbao in June 2012 and went on to take the gold medal at the 2012 African Championships the following month.^[10] However, he did not make the South African Olympic squad because he had not achieved the qualifying standard of 63 metres.^[11]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	1st	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	56.35 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	60.64 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	Discus throw	58.11 m
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	Discus throw	62.60 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	1st	Discus throw	61.80 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	Discus throw	64.35 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	10th	Discus throw	56.42 m
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Discus throw	62.87 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	13th (q)	Discus throw	62.41 m
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	Discus throw	61.68 m

References

1. http://www.supersport.com/athletics/sa-track-and-field/news/130812/Fredericks_through_to_semis_as_Van_Zyl_flops
2. Victor Hogan. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved on 2014-09-07.
3. 2007 African Junior Championships Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
4. 2008 World Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
5. Discus Throw (1.750kg) junior All Time. IAAF (2012-06-29). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
6. Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-29). Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m - African champs Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
7. Hogan Victor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
8. Official hit by discus is recovering. Sowetan Live (2011-06-29). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
9. All Africa Games Highlights. Athletics SA (2011-09-15). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
10. Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
11. Isaacson, David (2012-07-03). Blow to SA medal hopes. Sowetan Live. Retrieved on 2012-07-03.

External links

• Victor Hogan profile at IAAF