Dominic Carroll (born 15 November 1983, Amsterdam) is a retired Gibraltarian track athlete.
Notable achievements include medals at the Youth Centennial Games (organised by the International Olympic Committee to celebrate its centenary), and four medals at three Island Games. He has also competed in a number of World 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; however, 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 Dai 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, United Kingdom, 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, United Kingdom, 2003 IAAF World Athletics Championships, Paris, France, 2003 IIGA Island Games, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, 2005 EAA European Indoor Athletics Championships, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 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, United Kingdom, 2011 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, İstanbul, Turkey, 2012 EAA European Indoor Athletics Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013 IIGA Island Games, Bermuda, 2013
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