Deon Lendore

Professional career Lendore's first international event was the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. In 2010 he competed in the World Athletics U20 Championships. 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. He ran the final leg of the relay, and held off Briton Martyn Rooney. He was not selected for the Trinidad and Tobago relay team for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that came fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Later in the year, he was not awarded funding by his country's Incentives and Rewards Framework. 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.

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.

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. A statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that three vehicles were involved in the collision, and they were investigating the events. and on the same day, Abilene Christian Wildcats announced that they would rename their annual track and field meeting after Lendore.