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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.

Early life and college career

Lendore was born in Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago, later moving to Texas where he started competing for Abilene Christian Wildcats.[1] He attended Queen's Royal College,[2] and later 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.[3][4] He had won all 14 events in the 2014 season, including the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships.[5]

Lendore later worked as a volunteer coach at Texas A&M University, from 2020 until 2022.[6]

Professional career

Lendore's first international event was the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1] 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.[7] In 2010 he competed in the World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]

Lendore won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida.[8] 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.[9] He ran the final leg of the relay, and held off Briton Martyn Rooney.[1] 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.[9] Lendore competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[9] He won a bronze medal at the 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[10] He was not selected for the Trinidad and Tobago relay team for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[10]

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.[11] He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Later in the year, he was not awarded funding by his country's Incentives and Rewards Framework.[13] 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.[10] 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.[14]

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.[1] Later in the year, he finished third in the 400 metres event at the 2021 Diamond League event in Zürich.[6]

Competition record

Representing Шаблон:TTO
2008 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 4th 400 m 50.06
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:21.20
2010 CARIFTA Games (U-20) George Town, Cayman Islands 2nd 400 m 46.59
3rd 4 × 400 m 3:11.59
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd 400 m 47.16
1st 4x400 m 3:08.19
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 15th (sf) 400m 47.49
10th (h) 4 × 400 m 3:10.87
2011 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Montego Bay, Jamaica 8th 400 m 70.25
1st 4 × 400 m 3:08:96
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 4 × 400 m 2:58.20
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 3rd 400 m 46.17
3rd 4 × 400 m 3:05.51
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 35th (h) 400 m 46.15
4 × 400 m DQ
2017 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st (h) 4 × 400 m 3:02.51
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 400 m 46.37
4th 4 × 400 m 3:02.52
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 4th 4 × 400 m 3:02.85
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 1st 4 × 400 m 3:00.81
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd 4 × 400 m 3:02.25
World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 4 × 400 m 3:00.74
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 9th (sf) 400 m 44.93
8th 4 × 400 m 3:00.85
Source:[15]

Death

On 10 January 2022, Lendore was involved in a car crash on FM 485 in Milam County in Texas and was pronounced dead at the scene.[1][16][17] A statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that three vehicles were involved in the collision, and they were investigating the events.[6] His funeral was held on 3 March,[18] and on the same day, Abilene Christian Wildcats announced that they would rename their annual track and field meeting after Lendore.[19]

References

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External links

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