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| Born | 7 May 1993 Northallerton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of York[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Griggs T. Lincoln (born 7 May 1993) is an English athlete specialising in the shot put.[2][3] He is a ten-time British champion outdoors and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
Biography
[edit]In 2020 he became a six times British champion when winning the shot put event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a throw of 19.65 metres.[5] At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain for his first Olympic appearance.[6]
He represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.[7]
After winning the shot put gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships (his 10th consecutive British title and equalling the record by Carl Mysercough), Lincoln was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics[8][9] where he failed to make the final.[10]
He threw a personal best of 21.31m in 2024.[citation needed] Lincoln moved to Melbourne, Australia and returned to the UK to break Myerscough's record by winning his 11th British title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Power of 10.
- ^ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes". European Athletics.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Team". Team England. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Scott Lincoln has 'bad day at the office' after failing to qualify for shot put final". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Scott Lincoln talks life down under after his 11th consecutive British title win". You Tube. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Scott Lincoln at Olympedia
- Scott Lincoln at Olympics.com
- Scott Lincoln at Team GB
- Scott Lincoln at Team England
- Scott Lincoln at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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