Shiphtur
Canadian professional esports player
Danny Le, better known as Shiphtur (pronounced "shifter"), is a Canadian former professional League of Legends player. Shiphtur was the first esports player to be granted a P-1 athletic visa from the United States Department of State. On May 2, 2014, he joined Dignitas along with Darshan "ZionSpartan" Upadhyaya. On May 17, 2016, Apex Gaming acquired Dignitas' NA Challenger team including Shiphtur.
On September 26, 2016, Apex and Dignitas were acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers, and Shiphtur was released from the Apex Roster but not added to Dignitas.
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