Dominic Demeritte

Dominic Demeritte

Personal information
Born	(1978-02-22) 22 February 1978 (age 47) Nassau, Bahamas
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Bahamas World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest 200 m 2003 Birmingham 200 m Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 4 × 400 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 4 × 100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1994 Port of Spain Triple jump CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1995 George Town 4 × 400 m relay

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

Demeritte was coached for 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

• 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	4 × 400 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	4 × 100 m relay	41.51
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	18th (qf)	100 m	10.91 (wind: -2.2 m/s)
			25th (qf)	200 m	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)	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	4th	200 m	20.21   (1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.35
	NACAC U-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	1st	200 m	20.60 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m 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	4 × 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	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.44
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	7th (sf)	200 m	21.37   (1.1 m/s)

References

1. "World Indoor champion Demeritte to highlight both Rio and Belem meets". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
2. Who will win a world indoor medal?, The Nassau Guardian, 20 February 2012, retrieved 2 April 2012
3. "Dominic Demeritte 'Humbled' By New Post". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
4. "Men's Track and Field Wins MSC Indoor Championship in First Year Back". liferunningeagles.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

External links

• Dominic Demeritte at World Athletics
• Dominic Demeritte at Olympics.com
• Dominic Demeritte at Olympedia
• Dominic Demeritte at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Picture of Dominic Demeritte