Headercolor: | lightblue |
Lebogang Shange | |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1990 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Race Walk |
Height: | 1600NaN0 |
Weight: | 560NaN0 |
Updated: | 26 August 2016 |
Lebogang Shange (born 1 August 1990) is a South African race walker. His biggest success is the 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.[1]
Representing | ||||||
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2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 76th | 20 km walk | 1:30:05 | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | – | 20 km walk | DNF | |
2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 61st | 20 km walk | 1:24:18 | |
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:26:58 | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 11th | 20 km walk | 1:21:43 | |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:26:43 | |
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 3rd | 20 km walk | 1:21:41 | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 44th | 20 km walk | 1:25:07 | ||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 9th | 20 km walk | 1:23:27 | |
African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 20 km walk | 1:25:25 |