Shaquille

Vance

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)