Dominic Demeritte

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Dominic Demeritte
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Budapest 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Birmingham 200 m
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4x400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 St George's 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Nassau 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Nassau 4×100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 San Salvador 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 San Salvador 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 San Salvador 4x100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Port of Spain Triple jump
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 George Town 4x400 m relay

Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

Contents

Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle.

Career

He became indoor world champion in 2004, [1] his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record at the time. [2]

He attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a two time NCAA All American. [3]

As of 2022 he is a Track and Field coach at Life University. [4]

Personal bests

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
1994 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3rdTriple jump13.70 m
4thHeptathlon2772 pts
1995 CARIFTA Games (U-20) George Town, Cayman Islands 7th200 m21.90
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:15.69
1996 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 5th (sf)100 m11.01   (0.3 m/s)
5th200 m22.06   (-3.2 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd100 m10.73   (1.4 m/s)
2nd200 m21.23   (1.0 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay41.51
World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 18th (qf)100m 10.91 (wind: -2.2 m/s)
25th (qf)200m 21.79 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 7th (h)200 m 21.41   (-0.4 m/s)
2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships Monterrey, México 2nd200 m 20.85 (wind: -3.9 m/s)
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 6th (h)200 m 21.47   (-0.1 m/s)
4th (h)4 × 100 m relay 39.57
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 8th (qf)200 m 20.86   (1.1 m/s)
6th (2f)4 × 100 m relay 39.20
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 4th200 m 20.21   (1.4 m/s)
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:01.35
NACAC U-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States 1st200m 20.60 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.81
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 3rd200 m 20.92
Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 1st200 m 20.43
World Championships Paris, France 8th (sf)200 m 20.71   (0.6 m/s)
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st200 m 20.66 NR
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th (qf)200 m 20.61   (0.5 m/s)
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 3rd200 m 20.47
3rd4 × 100 m relay 39.08
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th (qf)200 m 21.25   (-1.1 m/s)
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 200 m DSQ
4 × 400 m relay DNF
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.44
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 7th (sf)200 m 21.37   (1.1 m/s)

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