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
Derrick Atkins (born 5 January 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter.[1] 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.[2]
Atkins is now a head coach for the women's Track and field team at Utah Tech University, formerly known as Dixie State University. [3]
^"Athlete biography: Derrick Atkins". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^Powell, David (8 August 2009). Focus on Athletes - Derrick Atkins. IAAF. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
^"Dixie State Names Derrick Atkins New Head Women's Track and Field Coach". Dixiestateathletics. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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his father was born there. He won an Olympic silver medal in 2008. DerrickAtkins won 100 m silver at the 2007 World Championships. He is the cousin of...
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