Dominic Demeritte

Personal information
Born	(1978-02-22) 22 February 1978 (age 48) 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.

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]

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

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)

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