Dominic Demeritte

Dominic Demeritte

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Bahamas
World Indoor Championships
	2004 Budapest	200 m
	2003 Birmingham	200 m
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	4x400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2006 Cartagena	4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
	2003 St George's	200 m
	2005 Nassau	200 m
	2005 Nassau	4×100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	1996 San Salvador	200 m
	1996 San Salvador	100 m
	1996 San Salvador	4x100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
	1994 Port of Spain	Triple jump
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	1995 George Town	4x400 m relay

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

Career

He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record. He is also a national record holder in the outdoor 200 meters and the 400 meter relay.^[1]

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

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.26 (2003)
• 200 metres - 20.21 (2002)
• 400 metres - 47.28 (2002)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Bahamas
1994	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	Triple jump	13.70 m
			4th	Heptathlon	2772 pts
1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	7th	200 m	21.90
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:15.69
1996	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	5th (sf)	100 m	11.01   (0.3 m/s)
			5th	200 m	22.06   (-3.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	100 m	10.73   (1.4 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.23   (1.0 m/s)
			3rd	4x1100 m relay	41.51
	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	2nd	200 m	20.85 (wind: -3.9 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	6th (h)	200 m	21.47   (-0.1 m/s)
			4th (h)	4x100 m relay	39.57
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th (qf)	200 m	20.86   (1.1 m/s)
			6th (2f)	4x100 m relay	39.20
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	4th	200 m	20.21   (1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:01.35
	NACAC U-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	1st	200m	20.60 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			2nd	4x100m relay	39.81
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	3rd	200 m	20.92
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	1st	200 m	20.43
	World Championships	Paris, France	8th (sf)	200 m	20.71   (0.6 m/s)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	200 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	3rd	200 m	20.47
			3rd	4x100 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
			—	4x400 m relay	DNF
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	4x100 m relay	39.44
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	7th (sf)	200 m	21.37   (1.1 m/s)

References

External links

• Dominic Demeritte profile at IAAF
• Picture of Dominic Demeritte