Shaquille Vance
Sport: Para Track and Field
Gold: 0 Silver: 1 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: March 22, 1991
Height: 6'2"
Age: 34
Hometown: Houston, TX
Education: Houston High School (Houston, Mississippi) '10
Biography
Quick Facts
- A multi-sport standout for the Houston High School Hilltoppers, Vance was injured during a football game on April 1, 2009. Fifteen days later, his leg was amputated above the knee. With help from a Jackson, Miss. orthotics and prosthetics outfit, Vance learend to run again
- After crushing the competition at the 2010 Endeavor Games in Edmond, Okla., Vance qualified for the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Resident Team and moved to Chula Vista, Calif
- Trains under the tutelage of sprints coach Joaquim Cruz, the 1984 800-meter Olympic gold medalist from Brazil.
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 4th (200m T42 - Men), 13th (100m T42 - Men)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, silver (200m T42 - Men), 6th (Shot Put F42/44 - Men), 8th (100m T42 - Men)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2013 – 5th (100m T42 - Men, Shot Put F42 - Men), 8th (200m T42 - Men)
- Years of participation: 100m T42 - Men 2013; 200m T42 - Men 2013; Shot Put F42 - Men 2013
- Top finish: 5th – 2013 (100m T42 - Men), 2013 (Shot Put F42 - Men)
