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

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athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has a personal best of 67.62m thrown in Stellenbosch at the South African championships making him ten-time South African Champion, and three-time African Champion. Born in Vredenburg, he took part in discus competitions from a young age: he participated at the 2006 Gymnasiade, won at the

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, and came fourth at the

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. 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. 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

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soon after, taking the

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. He represented Africa at the

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, coming eighth.Hogan Victor
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-03. 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. Hogan cleared sixty metres with the discus for the first time in 2011 and was the runner-up at the

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with a throw of 62.60 metres. He threw a best of 62.76 m in

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in June 2012 and went on to take the gold medal at the 2012 African Championships the following month. However, he did not make the South African Olympic squad because he had not achieved the qualifying standard of 63 metres.Isaacson, David (2012-07-03)
Blow to SA medal hopes
Sowetan Live. Retrieved 2019-10-10. In 2016, Hogan threw a new personal best of 67.62m, the furthest distance ever thrown at a South African Championship, qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Hogan retrieved a bronze medal at the Doha Diamond Leuague in Qatar with a distance of 65.59m, and a silver medal at the Rome Diamond league with a distance of 64.04m. Hogan also won the 20th African Senior Championships with a distance of 61.68m, making him three-time African Champion.

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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 competitors 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 silver medalists for South Africa African Games 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 people