{{short description|South African sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Shane Victor | image= | imagesize =200px | caption = | nationality = {{RSA}} | sport = Athletics | event = 400 metres | club = | collegeteam = | pb = '''400 m ''' 46.13 (Durban 2011) | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1988|12|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = | weight= | residence = | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry |{{RSA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Daegu|4 × 400 m relay}} }}

'''Shane Victor''' (born 29 December 1988) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Victor was part of the South African team in the 4x400&nbsp;metres relay race. In the first semifinal, Ofentse Mogawane fell and dislocated his shoulder when he collided with Kenya's Vincent Kiilu, resulting in South Africa's withdrawal from the race.<ref>New York Times, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/sports/olympics/oscar-pistoriuss-relay-ends-before-it-begins.html?_r=1 "Pistorius’s Relay Ends Before It Begins"], Andrew Das, 9 August 2012</ref> South Africa was passed into the final on appeal to the IAAF, due to interference from the Kenyan athlete who downed Mogawane. They were assigned the 9th lane<ref>Newsday, [https://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/oscar-pistorius-south-africa-to-run-in-4x400-meter-olympic-final-on-appeal-m82029 "Oscar Pistorius, South Africa to run in 4x400-meter Olympic final on appeal"], Associated Press, 9 August 2012</ref> and finished in 8th place with their season's best time of 3:03.46.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/oscar-pistorius-south-africa-relay-4x400-olympics_n_1765596.html|title=Oscar Pistorius, South African 4x400M Relay Team Finish 8th As Bahamas Wins Gold|work=The Huffington Post|author=Greenberg, Chris|date=11 August 2012|access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Shane Victor}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Victor, Shane}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:South African men sprinters Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Africa Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Category:21st-century South African sportsmen Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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