# Scott Lincoln

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Lincoln
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Lincoln.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lincoln
> Source revision: 1343125751
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|English shot putter (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Scott Lincoln
| image          = 2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 – Men's Shot Put by Sandro Halank–026.jpg
| imagesize      = 
| caption        = Lincoln in 2022 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1993|5|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Northallerton](/source/Northallerton), England
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = <!--{{convert|?|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}-->
| weight         = <!--{{convert|?|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}-->
| sport          = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event          = [Shot put](/source/Shot_put)
| club           = City of York<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=50416 |title=Profile |website=Power of 10}}</ref>
| coach          = Paul Wilson
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| [Athletics](/source/Track_and_field_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Games](/source/European_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2023 Kraków-Małopolska](/source/2023_European_Games)|[Shot put](/source/2023_European_Athletics_Team_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[Shot put](/source/Athletics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_shot_put)}}
}}

'''Scott T. Lincoln''' (born 7 May 1993) is an English athlete specialising in the [shot put](/source/shot_put).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/scott-lincoln-14443881 |title=Athlete profile |website=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=l/athlete=145755-lincoln-scott/index.html |title=Athletes |website=European Athletics}}</ref> He is a ten-time British champion outdoors and competed at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) and [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143113 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
In 2020 he became a six times [British champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_shot_put) when winning the shot put event at the [2020 British Athletics Championships](/source/2020_British_Athletics_Championships) with a throw of 19.65 metres.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uka.org.uk/results/20200904_Manchester/timetable/index/ |title=Results list |website=British Athletics}}</ref> At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) for his first Olympic appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68775 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>  

He represented [England](/source/England_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/birmingham-2022 |title=Birmingham 2022 Team |website=Team England |access-date=19 July 2025 }}</ref>  

After winning the shot put gold medal at the [2024 British Athletics Championships](/source/2024_British_Athletics_Championships) (his 10th consecutive British title and equalling the record by [Carl Mysercough](/source/Carl_Mysercough)), Lincoln was subsequently named in the [Great Britain team](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) for the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/team-gb-athletics-squad-confirmed-for-paris-2024/|title=TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024|publisher=GB Athletics|accessdate=5 July 2024}}</ref> where he failed to make the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/scott-lincoln-has-bad-day-at-the-office-after-failing-to-qualify-for-shot-put-final_sto10276686/story.shtml|title=Scott Lincoln has 'bad day at the office' after failing to qualify for shot put final|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}</ref>

He threw a personal best of 21.31m at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=16 Feb 2026|date=1 May 2025|title= 63rd Ostrava Golden Spike|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7191205?eventId=10229619
}}</ref> 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](/source/2025_UK_Athletics_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOaeH1LlFI |title=Scott Lincoln talks life down under after his 11th consecutive British title win |website=You Tube |access-date=3 August 2025}}</ref> After an eighth-placed finish at the [2025 World Athletics Championships](/source/2025_World_Athletics_Championships) in Tokyo, Lincoln won his tenth national indoor title at the [2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships](/source/2026_British_Indoor_Athletics_Championships) on 15 February 2026.<ref>{{cite web|title= Scott Lincoln's perfect 10 as York's Lucy Hadaway also celebrates UK indoor title|accessdate=16 Feb 2026|first=Nick|last=Westby|website=Yorkshire Post|date=15 Feb 2026|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/scott-lincolns-perfect-10-as-yorks-lucy-hadaway-also-celebrates-uk-indoor-title-5598922#}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Team England|scott-lincoln}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|62444}}
* {{sports links}}

{{British Athletics Championships men's shot put champions}}
{{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's shot put champions}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lincoln, Scott}}
Category:Living people
Category:1993 births
Category:English men shot putters
Category:British men shot putters
Category:British Athletics Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:European Games medalists in athletics
Category:Sportspeople from Northallerton
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Scott Lincoln](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lincoln) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lincoln?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.