Lebogang Shange (born 1 August 1990) is a South African race walker. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won fourth place in the 2017 World Championships.
He personal best in the 20 kilometres walk is 1:19:18 set at the 2017 IAAF World Championship in London. This is the current national record.
Shange was arrested in 2019 for raping and assaulting a woman in Embalenhle, Mpumalanga. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2023.
Competition record Representing 2012World Race Walking CupTaicang, China76th20 km walk1:30:052013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –20 km walkDNF2014World Race Walking CupTaicang, China61st20 km walk1:24:18African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco1st20 km walk1:26:582015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China11th20 km walk1:21:43African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo1st20 km walk1:26:432016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa3rd20 km walk1:21:41Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil44th20 km walk1:25:072018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia9th20 km walk1:23:27African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria2nd20 km walk1:25:25
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