Derrick Atkins was born on 5 January 1984 and is a Bahamian sprinter.
13 Facts About Derrick Atkins
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Derrick Atkins is the second cousin of former world record holder Asafa Powell.
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Derrick Atkins is a head coach for the women's Track and field team at Utah Tech University, formerly known as Dixie State University.
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Derrick Atkins helped lead those DSU track teams to back-to-back national team titles.
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Derrick Atkins was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of fame in Track and field 2013 class.
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Derrick Atkins participated at the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress past the first round.
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At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Derrick Atkins won the silver medal, having established a national record of 10.08 seconds during the heats.
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On 28 April 2007 in Berkeley, California, Derrick Atkins again lowered the national record, to 9.98 seconds.
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On 26 August 2007 at the 2007 World Championships, Derrick Atkins came second with a national record time of 9.91s.
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The event was won by Tyson Gay who ran 9.85 s Atkins beat the world record holder and favorite for the event, Asafa Powell who ran 9.96 seconds.
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Derrick Atkins represented the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 1st in his heat in a time of 10.28 seconds in front of Andrey Yepishin and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.
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Derrick Atkins represented the Bahamas at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his semi finals in a time of 10.08.
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Derrick Atkins was inducted in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA Hall of fame, His College career includes 3 Team National Track and field Championships, 7 time individual National champion, 15 National NAIA All-American Honors, 9 times DAC-10 All Conference Honors and Dickinson State University Male Athlete of the year.