Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978) is a Bahamian 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, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record at the time.

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

As of 2022 he is a Track and Field coach at Life University.

Personal bests 100 metres – 10.26 (2003) 200 metres – 20.21 (2002) 400 metres – 47.28 (2002)

Achievements Representing the 1994Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago3rdTriple jump13.70 m4thHeptathlon2772 pts1995CARIFTA Games (U-20)George Town, Cayman Islands7th200 m21.902nd relay3:15.691996CARIFTA Games (U-20)Kingston, Jamaica5th (sf)100 m11.01   (0.3 m/s)5th200 m22.06   (-3.2 m/s)Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)San Salvador, El Salvador3rd100 m10.73   (1.4 m/s)2nd200 m21.23   (1.0 m/s)3rd relay41.51World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia18th (qf)100 m10.91 (wind: -2.2 m/s)25th (qf)200 m21.79 (wind: -1.1 m/s)1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain7th (h)200 m21.41   (-0.4 m/s)2000NACAC Under-25 ChampionshipsMonterrey, Mexico2nd200 m20.85 (wind: -3.9 m/s)Olympic GamesSydney, Australia6th (h)200 m21.47   (-0.1 m/s)4th (h) relay39.572001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada8th (qf)200 m20.86   (1.1 m/s)6th (2f) relay39.202002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom4th200 m20.21   (1.4 m/s)3rd relay3:01.35NACAC U-25 ChampionshipsSan Antonio, United States1st200 m20.60 (wind: +0.5 m/s)2nd relay39.812003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 3rd200 m20.92Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSt. George's, Grenada1st200 m20.43World ChampionshipsParis, France8th (sf)200 m20.71   (0.6 m/s)2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1st200 m20.66 NROlympic GamesAthens, Greece6th (qf)200 m20.61   (0.5 m/s)2005Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas3rd200 m20.473rd relay39.08World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th (qf)200 m21.25   (-1.1 m/s)2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia — 200 mDSQ — relayDNFCentral American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia 2nd relay39.442008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia7th (sf)200 m21.37   (1.1 m/s)

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Picture of Dominic Demeritte