{{short description|British middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = James Shane | image = 200px | caption = Shane at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = Newham and Essex Beagles | birth_date = 18 December 1989 | birth_place = Billericay, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= }}

'''James Mark Shane''' (born 18 December 1989) is an English former middle-distance runner.

== Biography == He attended Mayflower High School in Billericay. He runs for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club and also holds a black belt in Judo. Shane's 1500m personal best is 3.36.22 which he ran on route to winning the UK Championship title in 2011. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/14360715|title = James Shane showed his huge potential at the UK trials|work = bbc}}</ref>

Shane became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the 2011 British Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=18 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=18 July 2025}}</ref>

== International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- ! colspan="6" | Representing {{GBR2}} |- | 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 14th (h) | 1500m | 3:49.71 |- | rowspan=2 | 2011 | European Team Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd | 1500 m | 3:39.21 |- | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 1500 m | 3:50.58 |- | 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, Korea | 10th (heats) | 1500 m | 3:41.17 |}

==References== * {{World Athletics}} {{reflist}}

{{British Athletics Championships men's 1500 metres champions}} {{authority control}}

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