Dennis Theodore Darling (born 6 May 1975) is a Bahamian athlete who specializes in the

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. He is currently track and field Assistant Coach at

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. Darling competed in 400 metres at the 1997 World Championships, where he was knocked out in the heats with 47.96 seconds. By 2003, his best season, he had lowered his personal best by over two seconds and achieved 45.83 seconds. He ran for the Bahamian

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team at the 2003 World Championships, who were promoted from fourth to third place after the USA was stripped of the gold medal because Calvin Harrison was found guilty of a doping violation. In 2004 he finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay 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 person ...

and

Andretti Bain Andretti "Dretti" Bain (born 1 December 1985) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau. Bain finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Chris ...

. Darling then ran for the Bahamian 4 x 400 metres relay team in the

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, but only in the qualifying heat. Darling is married to fellow Bahamian track and field athlete

Tonique Williams-Darling Tonique Williams-Darling ( Williams; born January 17, 1976) is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. College She attended the University of South Carolina, graduati ...

. Darling is the older brother of former NFL wide receiver

Devard Darling Devard Loran Darling (born April 16, 1982) is a Bahamian-American former professional football wide receiver. After playing college football at Florida State University and Washington State, he was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third ro ...

. He is also the cousin of Bahamian Olympic triple jumper Frank Rutherford. He also enjoys coaching alongside ASU All-American Jordan Durham.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Dennis 1975 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Houston Cougars men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for the Bahamas World Athletics Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for the Bahamas Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas