Derrick Atkins

Personal information

Nationality

The Bahamas

Born

5 January 1984 (age 33)
Jamaica

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)/6'1"

Sport

Running

Event(s)

100 metres, 200 metres

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

100m: 9.91 s (Osaka 2007)

200m: 20.35 s (Athens 2009)

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Representing Bahamas
World Championships
	2007 Osaka	100 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2006 Cartagena	100 m
	2006 Cartagena	4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
	2008 Cali	4x100 m relay
	2005 Nassau	4x100 m relay
	2009 Havana	4x100 m relay

100m: 9.91 s (Osaka 2007)

Derrick Atkins (born 5 January 1984) is a Jamaican born Bahamian sprinter. Atkins specializes in the 100 metres event and also holds the national record, with a time of 9.91 seconds. He is the second cousin of former world record holder Asafa Powell.

While attending Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota, Atkins was a 3 time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champion in the 100 meter dash, 2 times national champion in the 200 meter dash and also 2 times national champion in the 55m meter dash indoor. He helped lead those DSU track teams to back-to-back national team titles. He was also inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of fame in Track and field 2013 class.

Atkins participated at the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress past the first round.

With the Bahamian 4 x 100 metres relay team he finished fourth at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Atkins won the silver medal, having established a national record of 10.08 seconds during the heats.

On 28 April 2007 in Berkeley, California, Atkins again lowered the national record, to 9.98 seconds. He also ran 9.86 s and 9.83 s, though with tail winds of 2.3 and 2.4 m/s.

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