Victor Hogan (born 25 July 1989) is a South African

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er. He threw his personal best of at the 2016 South African

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championship in

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, making him a ten-time South African Champion and three-time African Champion.

Early life

Hogan was born in

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on 25 June 1989 and competed in discus competitions from a young age.

Career

Hogan made his junior professional debut at the 2006

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. He went on to win the

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and place fourth in the

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. His personal best throw of with a junior discus in 2008 ranked him as the fifth best junior ever at the time. He debuted on the senior circuit in 2010 with three wins on the Yellow Pages Series and his first national title. He earned

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at the

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and placed eighth at the

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IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-03. Hogan won a second South African title in 2011, following an incident where his discus struck an official on the field. In 2011, he cleared for the first time and was the runner-up at the

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with a throw of . In June 2012, in

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, he threw a new best of and earned

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at the 2012 African Championships the following month. He did not qualify for the 2012 South African Olympic team because he did not achieve the qualifying standard of .Isaacson, David (2012-07-03)
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Sowetan Live. Retrieved 2019-10-10. He earned gold at the 2014 African Championships with a distance of . In 2016, Hogan threw a new personal best of , the furthest distance ever thrown at a South African championship, which qualified him for the

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. He earned bronze at the

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with a distance of , silver at the Rome Diamond League with a distance of , and gold at the

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with a distance of , making him a three-time African champion.

Competition record

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, Victor 1989 births Living people People from Saldanha Bay Local Municipality White South African people South African male discus throwers Commonwealth Games athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games Olympic athletes for South Africa African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Championships in Athletics winners South African Athletics Championships winners 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics