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Victor Emmanuel Livingstone Houston (born February 24, 1974) is a retired male track and field athlete from Barbados.
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Victor Emmanuel Livingstone Houston (born February 24, 1974) is a retired male track and field athlete from Barbados.
Competing for the Auburn Tigers track and field team, Houston won the 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the decathlon. [1]
He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. He competed in the men's decathlon and hurdling events during his career. Since 2011, Houston has been an assistant track and field coach at Texas Tech University. [2]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Barbados | |||||
| 1989 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | High jump | 2.00 m |
| 1990 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | High jump | 2.00 m |
| 2nd | Long jump | 7.04 m | |||
| 1st | Triple jump | 14.73 m | |||
| 1st | Javelin throw | 52.50 m | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Havana, Cuba | 1st | High jump | 2.05 m | |
| 4th | Long jump | 6.87 m (0.1 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 14.90 m (0.0 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | Javelin throw | 51.04 m | |||
| 1991 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd | High jump | 2.05 m |
| 5th | Long jump | 7.32 m | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 15.17 m | |||
| 6th | Javelin throw | 48.88 m | |||
| 1992 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | High jump | 2.08 m |
| 4th | Long jump | 7.26 m | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 15.12 m w | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 41.84 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 1st | High jump | 2.08 m | |
| 3rd | Long jump | 7.06 m | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 15.20 m | |||
| 1993 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1st | High jump | 2.10 m |
| 3rd | Long jump | 7.10 m | |||
| 1st | Triple jump | 15.68 m | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m | 42.47 | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:19.72 | |||
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 12th | Decathlon | 6898 pts |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | – | Decathlon | DNF |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 17th | Decathlon | 7777 pts |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 4th | 400 m H | 50.05 |
| Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5th | 400 m H | 49.21 | |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 40.16 | |||
| 1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 110 m H | 13.71 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 39.75 | |||
| Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 10th (h) | 400 m H | 50.73 | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 37th (h) | 110 m H | 13.86 (-0.3 m/s) | |
| 38th (h) | 400 m H | 50.57 | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 32nd (h) | 110 m H | 14.06 (-0.6 m/s) |
| 49th (h) | 400 m H | 51.51 | |||
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