Deon Lendore
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_2016.jpg) Lendore at the 2016 World Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 October 1992 |
| Died | 10 January 2022 (aged 29) Milam County, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Texas A&M University |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
Event | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Deon Kristofer Lendore (28 October 1992 – 10 January 2022) was a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won medals at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships. Lendore died in a car collision in Texas, United States, on 10 January 2022.
Lendore was born in Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago, where he started competing for Abilene Christian Wildcats.[3] He attended Queen's Royal College,[4] and later moved to Texas and attended Texas A&M University, where he competed in the school's track and field team from 2012–2014. In 2014, He won The Bowerman, which is the highest individual honor in NCAA track and field.[5][6] He had won all 14 events in the 2014 season, including the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships.[7]
Lendore later worked as a volunteer coach at Texas A&M University, from 2020 until 2022.[8]
Professional career
Lendore's first international event was the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[3] The year, he was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[9] In 2010 he competed in the World Athletics U20 Championships.[3]
Lendore won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida.[10] He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came third in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[11] He ran the final leg of the relay, and held off Briton Martyn Rooney.[3] Lendore was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came second in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[11] Lendore competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[11] He won a bronze medal at the 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[12] He was not selected for the Trinidad and Tobago relay team for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[12]
Lendore won a bronze medal at the 400 metres event at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, after two athletes who finished ahead of him were disqualified.[13] He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14] Later in the year, he was not awarded funding by his country's Incentives and Rewards Framework.[15] He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Yokohama, Japan.[12] In the same year, he was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 Pan American Games.[16]
Lendore competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, he reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres competition, and was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that finished eighth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event.[3] Later in the year, he finished third in the 400 metres event at the 2021 Diamond League event in Zürich.[8]
