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{{Short description|American weightlifter (born 1972)}}
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| name        = Shane Hamman
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| birth_name  = Shane Hamman
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1972|6|20}}
| birth_place = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], United States
| height      = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1999 Pan American Games|+ 105 kg]]}}
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{{CompetitionRecordCountry | the {{USA}} }}
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{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[Powerlifting|USPF National Powerlifting Championships]]}}
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'''Shane Hamman''' (born June 20, 1972) is an American [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[weightlifter]] and [[Powerlifting|powerlifter]].

==Early years==
Shane Hamman was born in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], and brought up in [[Mustang, Oklahoma]].<ref>[http://www.biggerfasterstronger.com/p_magPrint_NoMember.asp?id=349 Bigger Faster Stronger, A Few Words With America's Strongest Man] Retrieved 2014-12-02.</ref> Hamman began to play [[Association football|soccer]] at the age of 6 until he was 12 years old. In his freshman year of high school, Hamman began [[American football|football]] and was a standout for two years on the freshman and [[varsity team|varsity]] squads. He also wrestled his junior year.

Hamman grew strong lifting large pallets of produce for his father's fruit market. During high school, he had broken several teenage records. He trained as a [[Powerlifting|powerlifter]] after high school, but after seeing the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], he decided to switch his career to [[Olympic weightlifting|Olympic-style weightlifting]].

==Olympic weightlifting/Powerlifting==
Shane began his career as a [[powerlifter]], competing for the [[International Powerlifting Federation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/wormen1995.htm |title=1995 IPF Mens' World Championships |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305222753/http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/wormen1995.htm |archivedate=2012-03-05 }}</ref> He competed in the IPF World Championships in 1994 & 1995, finished third and second respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/wormen1994.htm |title=1994 IPF Senior World Championships |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305222724/http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/wormen1994.htm |archivedate=2012-03-05 }}</ref>

His greatest equipped [[squat (exercise)|squat]] was 457.5&nbsp;kg<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://records.powerlifting.org/world/?lan=en&gender=M&age=sen|title = Powerlifting Records Database}}</ref> at the [[Powerlifting|USPF National Championships]] on March 9, 1996,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.allpowerlifting.com/federations/IPF/records/m/3O/?event=s&division=e&cat=1250&chron=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411070740/http://en.allpowerlifting.com/federations/IPF/records/m/3O/?event=s&division=e&cat=1250&chron=1 |archive-date=2020-04-11 |title=Records IPF - Men, Open, Squat, +125 kg, Equipped, History}}</ref> which stood as the world record until Andrey Konovalov squatted 460&nbsp;kg on November 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/44.html |title=International Powerlifting Federation IPF: Records |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319232042/http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/44.html |archivedate=2012-03-19 }}</ref>

Hamman is sometimes called the strongest man in [[United States|America]]. He won all 9 American Senior National Championship that he competed in (1997-2005). He holds every American weightlifting record in his class.

He competed in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and finished 10th. In the qualifying for the Olympics, during the 2003 World Championships, on his final lift he single-handedly secured three spots for athletes from the U.S. in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. In the Olympics, he finished 7th in his weight category,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=FA6C1AF426ED4254B662D5EA0FF68757|title = Database Weightlifting}}</ref> setting a new American record with his total of 430&nbsp;kg and his [[clean and jerk]] of 237.5&nbsp;kg.

Aside from his weightlifting prowess, Hamman also plays [[basketball]] and [[golf]]. Despite his {{convert|350|lb|kg|abbr=off}} frame, he can hit a golf ball {{convert|350|yd|m}}, do a standing back flip, and leap vertically three feet (0.9 m).{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Hamman has retired from [[Olympic weightlifting]], and sometimes appears as an announcer in events like the Olympics in 2008 and 2016 for [[NBC]].

Hamman is now focusing on helping others. He gives speeches at various high schools about his career and what it took to get Olympian status. Hamman also visits high schools to promote "[[Rachel's Challenge]]", a program for which he is a spokesperson.

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