Lindon Victor
{{short description|Grenadian athletics competitor}}
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| name = Lindon Victor
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| caption = Victor in 2018
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|02|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = St. George's, Grenada
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| country = {{GRN}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = Combined events
| universityteam = Texas A&M Aggies
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| pb = Decathlon: 8756 Budapest NR
Heptathlon ind.: 5976,College Station, USA
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country| {{GRN}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|Decathlon}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|Decathlon}}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games }}
{{Medal|Gold |2018 Gold Coast | Decathlon}}
{{Medal|Gold |2022 Birmingham | Decathlon}}
{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2019 Lima|Decathlon}}
{{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (U17)}}
{{Medal|Silver |2009 Vieux Fort | Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2009 Vieux Fort | Shot put}}
{{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (U20)}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2010 George Town | Heptathlon}}
{{Medal|Bronze |2011 Montego Bay | Heptathlon}}
{{Medal|Gold |2012 Hamilton | Heptathlon}}
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Lindon Victor {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|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
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.{{cite web|url=http://grenadasports.gd/lindon-victor-smashes-records-qualifies-rio-olympic-games/|title=Lindon Victor smashes records, qualifies for Rio Olympic Games|website=GrenadaSports|date=13 May 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}} Victor was named 2016 SEC Field Athlete of the Year.
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| date = 1 June 2016
| title = Victor Named SEC Field Athlete of the Year
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Victor qualified for{{cite web|url=https://spiceislesportsreview.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/another-grenadian-athlete-goes-in-the-record-books/|title=Another Grenadian Athlete goes in the record books.|date=14 May 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2016/08/2016-08-21-Rio-2016-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-Bearers.pdf#_ga=1.198809007.1697268270.1470857283 |title=Rio closing ceremony flag bearers |publisher=stillmed.olympic.org |date=2016 |accessdate=5 May 2020}}{{World Athletics}} In that same year, he was credited as having the second-best discus throw in decathlon history and the best discus throw in NCAA decathlon history.{{cite web | title=Collegiate javelin record for Maggie Malone, NCAA decathlon title for Lindon Victor | date=June 9, 2016 | url=https://12thman.com/news/2016/6/9/track-and-field-collegiate-javelin-record-for-maggie-malone-ncaa-decathlon-title-for-lindon-victor | work=12thman.com }}
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,{{cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/results/49567_3023707.html|title=TFRRS | NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships Track & Field Meet Results|website=www.tfrrs.org}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/news/2017/3/29/track-and-field-lindon-victor-scores-first-day-collegiate-best-4-516-points-in-texas-relays-decathlon.aspx|title=Lindon Victor scores first day collegiate best 4,516 points in Texas Relays decathlon|website=Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/03/featured/texas-ams-lindon-victor-breaks-collegiate-decathlon-record|title=Texas A&M’s Lindon Victor Breaks Collegiate Decathlon Record ::: USTFCCCA}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/05/featured/he-did-it-again-lindon-victor-betters-collegiate-decathlon-record|title=He Did It Again! Lindon Victor Betters Collegiate Decathlon Record ::: USTFCCCA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kbtx.com/content/sports/Lindon-Victor-breaks-his-collegiate-record-to-defend-SEC-decathlon-title-422151834.html|title=Lindon Victor breaks his collegiate record to defend SEC decathlon title|first=TAMU Sports Information Department/Shawn|last=Price|website=www.kbtx.com}} He was subsequently named the SEC Men's Field athlete of the year for the second year in a row.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/news/2017/5/31/track-and-field-sec-outdoor-honors-for-lindon-victor-jaevin-reed-and-coach-pat-henry.aspx?path=track|title=SEC Outdoor honors for Lindon Victor, Jaevin Reed and Coach Pat Henry|website=Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/12/featured/christian-coleman-wins-the-bowerman-in-2017|title=Christian Coleman Wins The Bowerman In 2017 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ustfccca.org/2017/12/featured/the-bowerman-whats-at-stake-in-2017|title=The Bowerman: What’s At Stake In 2017 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kbtx.com/content/sports/Bowerman-mens-award-goes-to-Tennessees-Christian-Coleman-over-Aggie-pair-464535013.html|title=Bowerman men’s award goes to Tennessee’s Christian Coleman over Aggie pair|website=www.kbtx.com}}
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.[http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-04-10/commonwealthgames/Gold-Coast-2018-Lindon-Victor-wins-Damian-Warner-s-title-defense-ends-in-pole-vault-6736187885 Gold Coast 2018: Lindon Victor wins, Damian Warner's title defense ends in pole vault] The Malta Independent 10 April 2018[https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/athletics/grenada/gold-coast-2018-commonwealth-games/result/result-lindon-victor-wins-decathlon-gold_323142.html Result: Grenada's Lindon Victor wins decathlon gold ] Sports Mole news. 10 April 2018 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.{{cite web|url=https://12thman.com/news/2018/4/30/vidales-takes-home-distinguished-lettermans-award-at-2018-bcas.aspx|title=Vidales Takes Home Distinguished Letterman's Award at 2018 BCAs|website=Texas A&M Athletics – Home of the 12th Man}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/senior-tori-vidales-wins-distinguished-letterman-award-at-building-champions-awards/article_a39c7354-4d07-11e8-a3af-d7ed2ca51390.html|title=Senior Tori Vidales wins Distinguished Letterman Award at Building Champions Awards|first=Eagle Staff|last=Report|website=The Eagle}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thebarnaclenews.com/lindon-victor-grenadas-most-recent-golden-boy/|title=Lindon Victor: Grenada’s Most Recent Golden Boy|date=4 May 2018}}
Victor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sports.{{London Gazette|issue=64271|supp=y|page=N50|date=30 December 2023}}
Personal bests
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| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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| colspan="4"|Outdoor | |||
| 100 m | 10.56 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) | {{flagicon|AUT}} Götzis, Austria | 25 May 2019 |
| Long jump | 7.55 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) | {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | 25 August 2023 |
| Shot put | 16.52 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Austin, Texas | 29 March 2017 |
| High jump | 2.09 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Austin, Texas | 29 March 2017 |
| 400 m | 48.05 s | {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | 25 August 2023 |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.45 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) | {{flagicon|USA}} Columbia, South Carolina | 12 May 2017 |
| Discus throw | 55.87 m | {{flagicon|USA}} Azusa, California | 18 April 2019 |
| Pole vault | 4.92 m NR | {{flagicon|USA}} Chula Vista, California | 25 April 2021 |
| Javelin throw | 71.56 m | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan | 5 August 2021 |
| 1500 m | 4:39.67 min | {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | 26 August 2023 |
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| Decathlon | 8756 pts NR | {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary | 26 August 2023 |
| colspan="4"|Indoor | |||
| 60 m | 6.94 s | {{flagicon|USA}} Nashville, TN | 24 February 2017 |
| Long jump | 7.38 m | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 17 February 2018 |
| Shot put | 16.55 m | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 10 March 2017 |
| High jump | 2.07 m | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 10 March 2017 |
| 60 m hurdles | 8.24 s | {{flagicon|USA}} Fayetteville, AR | 26 February 2016 |
| Pole vault | 4.76 m | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 11 March 2017 |
| 1000 m | 2:51.14 min | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 11 March 2017 |
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| Heptathlon | 5976 pts | {{flagicon|USA}} College Station, TX | 11 March 2017 |
Competition record
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{World Athletics}}
- [http://www.all-athletics.com/node/941710 All-athletics profile]
- [https://www.iaaf.org/news/series/lindon-victor-decathlon-grenada Lindon Victor News]
- {{Tilastopaja}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/lindon-victor_1573388 Lindon Victor] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6009099-lindon-victor}}
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{{succession box
| before = Delron Felix
Kimberly Ince
| title = Flagbearer for {{GRN}}
| years = Paris 2024
with
Tilly Collymore
| after = Incumbent
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{{Footer IAAF Combined Events Challenge Decathlon Champions}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Decathlon Men}}
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Category:Grenadian decathletes
Category:Grenadian male javelin throwers
Category:Grenadian male discus throwers
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Grenada
Category:Olympic athletes for Grenada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Grenada
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Grenada
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Texas A&M Aggies men's track and field athletes
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:People from St. George's, Grenada
Category:Benedictine Ravens men's track and field athletes
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Grenada
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)