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Lindsay Sutton

b. 1989

Australian male athletics Paralympian

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About Lindsay Sutton

Born 1989. Lindsay Sutton is an Australian athletics competitor.

Lindsay Sutton (born 23 October 1989) is an Australian track and field athlete who represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.

Personal Sutton is from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland. He was awarded the 2004 Caloundra City Australia Day Junior Sports Award. In 2007 and 2012, he lived in Mount Mellum. In 2009, he had a part-time job working at Suncoast Fitness. He was also working on earning a certificate three in fitness. He is coached by Ian Fenwick. In March 2007, he participated in the Australian athletics championships, where he set a world record with a throw of 38.40m. At the same competition, he set a personal best distance of 10.37 metres in the shot put event to finish ninth in the event. At the 2009 Global Games, he won a gold medal in the hammer throw. In the process, he set two world records in the event. He finished third in the discus event and fourth in the shot put.

At the 2011 Global Games, he won a pair of gold medals, including one in the hammer throw where he set a world record with a throw of 47.44 metres. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.

At the 2012 London Paralympics, he finished sixth in the Men's Shot Put F20 with a best throw of 13.04m. Competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, he finished ninth in the Men's Shot Put with 12.28m.

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Beerwah State High School

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Who is Lindsay Sutton?

Australian male athletics Paralympian

When was Lindsay Sutton born?

Lindsay Sutton was born on 23 October 1989.

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Lindsay Sutton is an athletics competitor.

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Lindsay Sutton is Australian.

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· Wikipedia: Lindsay Sutton

· Wikidata: Q6552816

· DBpedia: Lindsay Sutton

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