Chris Lloyd (born October 10, 1980) is a sprinter from Dominica who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

.Athlete biography: Chris Lloyd
, beijing2008.cn, ret: Sep 01, 2008 His personal best time is 45.40 seconds, achieved in April 2007 in Lawrence. The Dominican record currently belongs to Bruce Phillip with 45.31 seconds. Lloyd does hold the Dominican

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

record, however, with 20.62 seconds and 100m, achieved in April 2006 in

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.Dominican athletics records
He participated at the World Championships in

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and

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, the World Indoor Championships in

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and 2006 and the

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without ever reaching the final. In 2007 he won the bronze medal at the

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. Lloyd represented

Dominica at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dominica sent a delegation of eight people, including two athletes, to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Its appearance in Beijing marked the fourth time a delegation from Dominica participated in an Olympic games since i ...

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. He competed at the

and placed fifth in his first round heat in a time of 20.90 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the second round.

References

* 1980 births Living people Dominica male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Dominica Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Dominica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games competitors for Dominica Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Dominica-athletics-bio-stub