Derrick Atkins

Derrick Atkins
nation	Bahamas
birthday	5th January 1984
place of birth	Kingston ,  Jamaica
size	185 cm
Weight	88 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	9.91 s ( 100 m ) 20.35 s ( 200 m )
status	unknown
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Central America and Caribbean Games 0 × 2 × 0 × Central American and Caribbean Championships 0 × 1 × 2 ×
World championships silver Osaka 2007 100 m Central America and Caribbean Games silver Cartagena 2006 100 m silver Cartagena 2006 4 × 100 Central American and Caribbean Championships silver Cali 2008 4 × 100 m bronze Nassau 2005 4 × 100 m bronze Havana 2009 4 × 100 m
last change: February 12, 2017

Derrick Atkins (born January 5, 1984 in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a track and field athlete from the Bahamas . His special routes are both the 100 m and the 200 m . Atkins is a 2nd cousin of former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell .

In 2005 he took part in the World Championships in Helsinki and was eliminated there in the semi-finals over 100 m with a time of 11.57 s. His greatest success so far was winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka . At the same time, he improved his personal best to 9.91 s in the final run over 100 m.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he was eliminated in the semifinals.

International placements

100 m

• 2nd place World Championships 2007

Personal best

• 100 m - 09.91 s (August 26, 2007)
• 200 m - 20.35 s (May 9, 2009)
• 400 m hurdles - 51.68 s (May 10, 2003)

Web links

• Derrick Atkins in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ n-tv.de (accessed on August 26, 2007)