Demetrius Pinder

Demetrius Pinder ( Demetrius Pinder Rashad, born February 13, 1989 in Grand Bahama ) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 400 -meter run.

In 2011 he was the NCAA indoor champion and reached at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu the semifinals. At the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2012, he won silver.

His greatest success came Pinder at the Olympic Games 2012 in London. Together with Chris Brown, Michael Mathieu and Ramon Miller, he presented the Bahamian Season in 2:56,72 minutes a new national record. This means that the quartet secured a surprise gold medal in front of the favored U.S. team.

Demetrius Pinder is coached by Pat Henry. He studied at Texas A & M University, is supervised by Charisma Sports Management and sponsored by Nike.

Personal Best

  • 200 m: 20.54 s, March 19, 2011, San Diego Hall: 20,50 s, February 3, 2012 Albuquerque ( Bahamian record )
  • Hall: 45,33 s, March 12, 2011 College Station ( Bahamian record )
The Bahamas 400 metres 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Chris Brown (athlete) Albuquerque, New Mexico College Station, Texas International Association of Athletics Federations 4 × 400 metres relay Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath Cecil Griffiths Guy Butler (athlete) Commodore Cochran William Stevenson (athlete) Oliver MacDonald Alan Helffrich George Baird (athlete) Emerson Spencer Ivan Fuqua Karl Warner Bill Carr Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts (athlete) Godfrey Brown Arthur Harnden Arthur Wint Leslie Laing George Rhoden Jesse Mashburn Jack Yerman Earl Young (athlete) Otis Davis Ollan Cassell Ulis Williams Henry Carr Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans (athlete) Robert Ouko (athlete) Julius Sang Herman Frazier Benny Brown Maxie Parks Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Danny Everett Steve Lewis (sprinter) Kevin Robinzine Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson (sprinter) Alvin Harrison LaMont Smith Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Enefiok Udo-Obong Jude Monye Sunday Bada Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville (athlete)
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