Lindon Victor

Lindon Victor
OBE
Victor in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-02-28) 28 February 1993 (age 31)
St. George's, Grenada
Sport
Country Grenada
SportAthletics
EventCombined events
University teamTexas A&M Aggies
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsDecathlon: 8756 Budapest NR
Heptathlon ind.: 5976,College Station, USA
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Grenada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Decathlon
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest Decathlon
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Decathlon
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Decathlon
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Decathlon
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vieux Fort Discus throw
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vieux Fort Shot put
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 George Town Heptathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Montego Bay Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2012 Hamilton Heptathlon

Lindon Victor OBE (born 28 February 1993) is a Grenadian athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is the 2023 World and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist and a two-time Commonwealth Games champion (2018–2022).

Career

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Victor began his college career at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, later transferring to Texas A&M University. In 2016, he scored 8446 points with nine personal bests at the Southeastern Conference Championship decathlon, breaking both the SEC record and the Grenadian National Record, the latter of which was set by his brother, Kurt Felix, at the 2015 IAAF World Championships.[1] Victor was named 2016 SEC Field Athlete of the Year.[2]

Victor qualified for[3] and represented Grenada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the decathlon. He placed sixteenth with a score of 7998 points. Victor was the flag bearer for Grenada for the closing of the games.[4][5] In that same year he was credited as having second best discus throw in decathlon history.[6]

Lindon started his 2017 season with indoor events. He improved his personal best performances in the (indoor) 60 meter sprint, High Jump, Shot Put, Pole Vault and 1000 Meter run. He also set a personal best in the Heptathlon indoor with an overall score of 5976,[7] this was 10 points shy of the national record held by Kurt Felix. On 29 March 2017, Lindon set the highest collegiate first day score in the decathlon with a total of 4,516 points in Texas Relays decathlon.[8] On the next day Victor completed with a score of 8472. This was not only yet another National and OECS Record for Victor, but it was also a new Collegiate Outdoor Decathlon Record, erasing the old mark of 8465, which was set by Trey Hardee, in 2006.[9] On 11–12 May, Lindon remarked on the defense of his SEC Champions Decathlon title and was successful in the defense and bettered the National Record in the Pole Vault. He was also able to improve on his Collegiate record with a new mark of 8539 points.[10][11] He was subsequently named the SEC Men's Field athlete of the year for the second year in a row.[12]

The end of 2017 found Lindon being among the final three nominees for that year's Bowerman Award, which is an annual track and field award that is the highest accolade given to the year's best student-athlete in American collegiate track and field. He eventually lost out to American Sprinter Christian Coleman.[13][14][15]

On 5 January 2018, at the National Sports Awards, Lindon was named 2017 Sportsman of the Year.

Victor was competing at his second major international meet since graduating from Texas A&M, where he set an all-time collegiate record with 8,539 points and was a two-time NCAA Division 1 decathlon champion – Victor won the decathlon to earn a gold medal for Grenada scoring 8,303 points.[16][17] On 30 April, during Texas A&M Athletics' fifth-annual Building Champions Awards gala held in the Hall of Champions at Kyle Field. Athlete of the Year honor(male) was awarded to Lindon.[18][19][20]

Victor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sports.[21]

Personal bests

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Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
100 m 10.56 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) Austria Götzis, Austria 25 May 2019
Long jump 7.55 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) Hungary Budapest, Hungary 25 August 2023
Shot put 16.52 m United States Austin, Texas 29 March 2017
High jump 2.09 m United States Austin, Texas 29 March 2017
400 m 48.05 s Hungary Budapest, Hungary 25 August 2023
110 m hurdles 14.45 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) United States Columbia, South Carolina 12 May 2017
Discus throw 55.87 m United States Azusa, California 18 April 2019
Pole vault 4.92 m NR United States Chula Vista, California 25 April 2021
Javelin throw 71.56 m Japan Tokyo, Japan 5 August 2021
1500 m 4:39.67 min Hungary Budapest, Hungary 26 August 2023
Decathlon 8756 pts NR Hungary Budapest, Hungary 26 August 2023
Indoor
60 m 6.94 s United States Nashville, TN 24 February 2017
Long jump 7.38 m United States College Station, TX 17 February 2018
Shot put 16.55 m United States College Station, TX 10 March 2017
High jump 2.07 m United States College Station, TX 10 March 2017
60 m hurdles 8.24 s United States Fayetteville, AR 26 February 2016
Pole vault 4.76 m United States College Station, TX 11 March 2017
1000 m 2:51.14 min United States College Station, TX 11 March 2017
Heptathlon 5976 pts United States College Station, TX 11 March 2017

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Grenada
2009 CARIFTA Games Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 3rd Shot put 13.90 m
2nd Discus throw 45.27 m
2010 CARIFTA Games George Town, Cayman Islands 3rd Heptathlon 4234 pts
Summer Youth Olympics Singapore 13th Javelin throw 51.61 m
2011 CARIFTA Games Montego Bay, Jamaica 3rd Heptathlon 4544 pts
2012 CARIFTA Games Hamilton, Bermuda 1st Heptathlon 4572 pts
2014 NACAC Under-23 Championships British Columbia, Canada 6th Javelin throw 65.28 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 7th Decathlon 7453 pts
2016 OECS Track & Field Championships Tortola, British Virgin Islands 10th Long jump 6.51 m[22]
3rd Shot put 14.73 m[22]
2nd Discus throw 48.50 m[22]
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16th Decathlon 7998 pts pts
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom – Decathlon DNF[23]
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom DNF Heptathlon DNF
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st Decathlon 8303 pts[24]
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd Decathlon 8240 pts[25][26]
World Championships Doha, Qatar – Decathlon DNF
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 7th Decathlon 8414 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia – Heptathlon DNF
World Championships Eugene, United States 5th Decathlon 8474 pts
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 1st Decathlon 8233 pts
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Decathlon 8756 pts
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Decathlon 8711 pts

References

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  1. ^ "Lindon Victor smashes records, qualifies for Rio Olympic Games". GrenadaSports. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ Victor Named SEC Field Athlete of the Year, KAGS-LD, 1 June 2016, retrieved 5 September 2016
  3. ^ "Another Grenadian Athlete goes in the record books". 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). stillmed.olympic.org. 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ Lindon Victor at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ CROOME, RICHARD. "Aggie decathlete ready to compete at Olympics". The Eagle.
  7. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org.
  8. ^ "Lindon Victor scores first day collegiate best 4,516 points in Texas Relays decathlon". Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man.
  9. ^ "Texas A&M's Lindon Victor Breaks Collegiate Decathlon Record ::: USTFCCCA".
  10. ^ "He Did It Again! Lindon Victor Betters Collegiate Decathlon Record ::: USTFCCCA".
  11. ^ Price, TAMU Sports Information Department/Shawn. "Lindon Victor breaks his collegiate record to defend SEC decathlon title". www.kbtx.com.
  12. ^ "SEC Outdoor honors for Lindon Victor, Jaevin Reed and Coach Pat Henry". Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man.
  13. ^ "Christian Coleman Wins The Bowerman In 2017 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes".
  14. ^ "The Bowerman: What's At Stake In 2017 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes".
  15. ^ "Bowerman men's award goes to Tennessee's Christian Coleman over Aggie pair". www.kbtx.com.
  16. ^ Gold Coast 2018: Lindon Victor wins, Damian Warner's title defense ends in pole vault The Malta Independent 10 April 2018
  17. ^ Result: Grenada's Lindon Victor wins decathlon gold Sports Mole news. 10 April 2018
  18. ^ "Vidales Takes Home Distinguished Letterman's Award at 2018 BCAs". Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man.
  19. ^ Report, Eagle Staff. "Senior Tori Vidales wins Distinguished Letterman Award at Building Champions Awards". The Eagle.
  20. ^ "Lindon Victor: Grenada's Most Recent Golden Boy". 4 May 2018.
  21. ^ "No. 64271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N50.
  22. ^ a b c "OECS Championships – Complete Results". MileSplit BVI. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  23. ^ 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon results IAAF
  24. ^ GRENADA’S LINDON VICTOR WINS DECATHLON GOLD AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES Grenada broadcast. 10 April 2018
  25. ^ "Victor Earns Silver Medal at Pan American Games". www.santabarbaratc.com/. Saint Barbara Track Club. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  26. ^ Strong, Gregory (7 August 2019). "Warner defends title, LePage grabs bronze in Pan Am decathlon". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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