Personal information | |
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Nationality | Trinidadian |
Born | Arima, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago | 28 October 1992
Died | 10 January 2022 Milam County, Texas, U.S. | (aged 29)
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 best | 400 m: 44.36 [1] |
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. [2] He attended Queen's Royal College, [3] 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. [4] [5] He had won all 14 events in the 2014 season, including the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships. [6]
Lendore later worked as a volunteer coach at Texas A&M University, from 2020 until 2022. [7]
Lendore's first international event was the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. [2] 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. [8] In 2010 he competed in the World Athletics U20 Championships. [2]
Lendore won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Miramar, Florida. [9] 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. [10] He ran the final leg of the relay, and held off Briton Martyn Rooney. [2] 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. [10] Lendore competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [10] He won a bronze medal at the 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. [11] He was not selected for the Trinidad and Tobago relay team for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. [11]
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. [12] He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [13] Later in the year, he was not awarded funding by his country's Incentives and Rewards Framework. [14] 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. [11] 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. [15]
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. [2] Later in the year, he finished third in the 400 metres event at the 2021 Diamond League event in Zürich. [7]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Trinidad and Tobago | |||||
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: [16] |
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. [2] [17] [18] A statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that three vehicles were involved in the collision, and they were investigating the events. [7] His funeral was held on 3 March, [19] and on the same day, Abilene Christian Wildcats announced that they would rename their annual track and field meeting after Lendore. [20]
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the crash happened on FM 485 in Milam County, Texas. Lendore, the driver of a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta, reportedly crossed over the center line and "sideswiped a vehicle" coming the opposite way. He continued and drifted over the center line again before crashing into a 2018 Infiniti SUV head-on. Lendore was pronounced dead at the scene.