Victor Hogan (born 25 July 1989) is a South African discus thrower. He threw his personal best of at the 2016 South African track and field championship in Stellenbosch, making him a ten-time South African Champion and three-time African Champion.
Early life Hogan was born in Vredenburg on 25 June 1989 and competed in discus competitions from a young age.. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
Career Hogan made his junior professional debut at the 2006 Gymnasiade. He went on to win the 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships and place fourth in the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics.2007 African Junior Championships . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 2012-07-03.2008 World Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2012-07-03. His personal best throw of with a junior discus in 2008 ranked him as the fifth best junior ever at the time.Discus Throw (1.750kg) junior All Time. IAAF (2012-06-29). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
He debuted on the senior circuit in 2010 with three wins on the Yellow Pages Series and his first national title. He earned bronze at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and placed eighth at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup.Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-29). Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m - African champs Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-10.Hogan Victor. 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.Official hit by discus is recovering. Sowetan Live (2011-06-29). Retrieved 2019-10-10.
In 2011, he cleared for the first time and was the runner-up at the 2011 All-Africa Games with a throw of .All Africa Games Highlights. Athletics SA (2011-09-15). Retrieved on 2012-07-03. In June 2012, in Bilbao, he threw a new best of and earned gold at the 2012 African Championships the following month.Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-10. 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). Blow to SA medal hopes. 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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He earned bronze at the Doha Diamond League with a distance of , silver at the Rome Diamond League with a distance of , and gold at the African Championships with a distance of , making him a three-time African champion.
Competition record Representing 2007African Junior ChampionshipsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso1stDiscus throw (1.75 kg)56.35 m2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4thDiscus throw (1.75 kg)60.64 m2010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya3rdDiscus throw58.11 m2011All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique2ndDiscus throw62.60 m2012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin1stDiscus throw61.80 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5thDiscus throw64.35 m2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom10thDiscus throw56.42 mAfrican ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco1stDiscus throw62.87 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China13th (q)Discus throw62.41 m2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South AfricaDQDiscus throw—2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom18th (q)Discus throw62.26 m2018African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria1stDiscus throw60.06 m2022African ChampionshipsSaint Pierre, Mauritius2ndDiscus throw58.95 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States24th (q)Discus throw60.51 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27th (q)Discus throw61.80 m2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1stDiscus throw62.56 mAfrican ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon2ndDiscus throw63.87 mOlympic GamesParis, France27th (q)Discus throw60.78 m
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