Andretti Bain (born 1 December 1985) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the

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. He was born in

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. Bain finished fifth in

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at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates

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Timothy Munnings Timothy Alexander "Tim" Munnings (born 22 June 1966 in Nassau) is a Bahamian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he ran in the heats for the Bahamian team who eventually won the bronze medal. His perso ...

and

Dennis Darling Dennis Darling (born 6 May 1975 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. He is currently track and field Assistant Coach at Texas Christian University. Darling competed in 400 metres at the 199 ...

. He was the

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Indoor Champion at 400m in 2008 for

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, in

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. He set an indoor personal best of 46.02 in the preliminary round. Bain also won the 2008 NCAA Outdoor 400m Championship in 44.62 over USC's

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, for Oral Roberts University. Was part of the Bahamas' silver-medal winning team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the

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. Bain graduated from

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* 1985 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian male sprinters Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Bahamas Oral Roberts University alumni Oral Roberts Golden Eagles athletes Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for the Bahamas Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Bahamas Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{bahamas-athletics-bio-stub