Scott Lincoln

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Scott Lincoln
2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 - Men's Shot Put by Sandro Halank-026.jpg
Lincoln in 2022
Personal information
Born (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 31)
Northallerton, England
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
ClubCity of York [1]
Coached byPaul Wilson
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Shot put
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Shot put

Scott Lincoln (born 7 May 1993) is an English athlete specialising in the shot put. [2] [3] He is a ten-time British champion outdoors. He threw a personal best of 21.31m in 2024.

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. [4] He won Bronze in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

After winning the shot put gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships (his 10th consecutive British title), Lincoln was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics [5] [6] where he failed to make the final. [7]

References

  1. "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. "Results list". British Athletics.
  5. "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. "TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. "Scott Lincoln has 'bad day at the office' after failing to qualify for shot put final". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.