Dominic Carroll (born 15 November 1983,

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) is a retired Gibraltarian

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. Notable achievements include medals at the Youth Centennial Games (organised by the

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to celebrate its centenary), and four medals at three

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. He has also competed in a number of

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and European championships. In 2010 prior to the European Athletics Championships he was hailed as the "True Spirit of Barcelona 2010" and picked out as one to watch during the competition, unfortunately he was disqualified due to a false start and could not compete after falling victim to the IAAFs new one chance ruling when it came to false starts. During the years spanning 2005 to 2008 he was part of an elite training squad based in Cardiff which included Welsh athletes David Greene and Gareth Warburton, and English athlete Richard Hill, he was deemed to have the potential to match the performance levels of his fellow athletes but a series of injuries hampered his development.

International championships attended

*IOC Youth Centennial Games, Aalborg, Denmark, 1996 *IOC Jr Olympics, Moscow, Russia, 1998 *IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 1999 *IIGA Island Games, Isle of Man, Great Britain, 2001 *IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Vilamoura, Portugal 2000 *IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Oostende, Belgium 2001 *EAA European Athletics Championships, Munich, Germany, 2002 *IIGA Island Games, Guernsey, Great Britain, 2003 *IAAF World Athletics Championships, Paris, France, 2003 *IIGA Island Games, Shetland Islands, Great Britain, 2005 *EAA European Indoor Athletics Championships, Birmingham, Great Britain, 2007 *IIGA Island Games, Rhodes, Greece, 2007 *EAA European Indoor Athletics Championships, Turin, Italy, 2009 *IIGA Island Games, Åland, Finland, 2009 *IAAF World Athletics Championships, Berlin, Germany, 2009 *EAA European Athletics Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 2010EAA Article: “Dominic Carroll embodies the true spirit of Barcelona 2010”
*IIGA Island Games, Isle of Wight, Great Britain, 2011 *IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, İstanbul, Turkey, 2012 *EAA European Indoor Athletics Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013 *IIGA Island Games, Bermuda, 2013

References

1983 births Living people Gibraltarian male sprinters Athletes from Amsterdam World Athletics Championships athletes for Gibraltar British male sprinters Dutch male sprinters {{Gibraltar-athletics-bio-stub