Caimin Douglas

Personal information

Full name

Caimin Christian Douglas

Born

11 May 1977 (age 39)
Rosmalen, Netherlands

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb)

Medal record

Representing Netherlands
Men’s athletics
World Championships
	2003 Paris	4x100 m relay

Updated on 19 October 2007.

Caimin Christian Douglas (born May 11, 1977 in Rosmalen, North Brabant) is a Dutch Antillean sprinter.

Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the Antillean youth squad. His pace was his main technique on the pitch and this formed the basics for his running career. In 1997 as a newcomer he won the 100 metres and 200 metres during the Curaçao Championships; he also won several other medals at other disciplines during the games. Inspired by fellow Curaçao sportsman Andruw Jones, Douglas ran his first international meeting in Puerto Rico and impressed a delegation of the University of Texas. After finishing his civil engineering study in Curaçao he made the move to Texas. During a test race he ran the fastest time ever run over 100 metres at the University and at the end of his first year he was named "All American".

In 2000 Douglas was determined to achieve his international breakthrough, but due to injuries this was set on hold. He kept on fighting and eventually he qualified himself for the 100 and 200 metres of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing the Netherlands Antilles. In the series of the 100 metres he did not finish due to a groin injury. He was unable to recover from the injury before the start of the series for the 200 metres and had to cancel his participation. In his final year at the University of Texas he won another two "All American" titles and together with his 4 x 100 metres relay team he broke a 29 year old University record.

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