Caimin Douglas
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 Caimin Douglas, 2007 |
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Caimin Christian Douglas (born May 11, 1977 in Rosmalen , North Brabant ) is a track and field athlete who specializes in sprinting . At the age of five, Douglas' family returned to Curaçao , their father's homeland.
Sporting successes
Douglas, the son of a Dutch mother and a father from the Netherlands Antilles , celebrated his first successes as a track and field athlete when he won the Curaçao championships in 100 and 200 meters . He soon received a scholarship from the University of Texas , where he then trained.
He took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the Netherlands Antilles and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics for the Netherlands .
At the end of 2001 Douglas applied for a change of nationality in order to be able to start for the Netherlands . He was therefore banned from major international events such as the 2002 European Athletics Championships for one year . Caimin Douglas celebrated his greatest success at the World Athletics Championships in 2003 when he, together with Timothy Beck , Troy Douglas and Patrick van Balkom , won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay behind the teams of the USA and in 38.87 seconds Brazil won. The originally runner-up British relay team was subsequently disqualified for the doping offense by Dwain Chambers .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics , the Dutch relay team, which was competing in the same line-up, was eliminated due to a substitution error in the preliminary run, in 2008 the sprint relay at the Beijing Games finished seventh in the final, but was also disqualified due to a substitution error.
Douglas is multiple Dutch champion in 100 and 200 meters.
Best times
- open air
- 100 meter run - 10.23 s (2002)
- 200 meter run - 20.48 s (2001)
- Hall
- 60 meter run - 6.69 s (2006)
Others
At a height of 1.79 meters, his competition weight is 80 kg.
Web links
- Caimin Douglas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Douglas, Caimin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Douglas, Caimin Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosmalen , North Brabant , Netherlands |