Derrick Adkins

Quick Facts

Full Name	Derrick Adkins
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Jul 2, 1970(1970-07-02)
Age	54
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Cancer

Derrick Adkins Biography

Derrick Adkins is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on July 2, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Derrick Ralph Adkins (born July 2nd 1970) is an ex- American athletes in track and field, who excelled at the 400-meter high hurdle. Adkins has been one of the Olympic silver medalist at the event during 1996’s Summer Olympics as well as a World Champion at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. The fastest athlete on the planet during the 1994 and 1996 seasons , and holds the own record for his personal time in the range of 47.54 seconds. Adkins was twice crowned the national champion in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Georgia Institute of Technology alumnus He won back-to-back gold medals during the Summer Universiade from 1991 to 1993. Also, he was a medalist in the 1994 Goodwill Games and the 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final. He was a representative of in the United States four times at the World Championships in Athletics, and also making it to the final in 1991 and 1993.

At the 1995 World Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, Adkins won the gold narrowly ahead of his career long rival Samuel Matete from Zambia in a time of 47.98 seconds. In the beginning of the 1996 season Matete beat Adkins four times in a row. Then just before the Games in Atlanta, Adkins defeated Matete in the Paris Grand Prix at the Stade de France in a time of 47.70.

In October 1996 local authorities of his hometown of Lakeview lobbied to change the name of the street where he was raised, from Seneca Road to Derrick Adkins Lane.

Adkins made his debut senior-level final at his 1990 World Championships in Athletics, placing sixth overall. The following year, he competed in 1993 at the World Championships in Athletics, coming in seventh place in that event. His first major win came in the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg in Russia, where Adkins set a world record timing that was 47.86 seconds to take home the gold medal. Adkins was second behind Samuel Matete at the 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final that year.

Derrick Adkins Net Worth

Derrick Adkins is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Derrick Adkins 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Adkins was born in Brooklyn, New York, Adkins was raised in Lakeview, New York in Long Island where he attended Malverne High School, graduating in 1988. The year before, he was listed as the highest-ranked high school hurdler of 400 meters in the United States and completed this race with 50.71 seconds. He was a student at Georgia Tech where he earned an undergraduate degree from the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in June 1993. The team was coached by Buddy Fowlkes and Grover Hinsdale at Georgia Tech, he became the sixth time All American in the 400-meter hurdles and the relay 4×400 meters.

His first international win was an Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4 x 400-meter relay in the 1988 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.

In his career Adkins broke the 48-second barrier 20 times. He is one of the few hurdlers who have won back-to-back gold medals in the World Championships and Olympic Games. He was a two-time USA National Champion in 1994 and 1995. He was a two-time winner of the Weltklasse Zurich meet, having won the 1995 meet in a time of 47.65 seconds. He was a two-time winner of the Millrose Games in the 500 meters having run 1:01.71 at Madison Square Garden. He has set stadium records and meet records at the Penn Relays, the Lucerne Grand Prix (47.68), the Linz Grand Prix (47.70), and the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia (47.86).

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In 2009, Adkins was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He admits to having suffered a long-term battle with clinical depression and alcohol addiction.

Facts & Trivia

Derrick Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Derrick Adkins celebrates birthday on July 2 of every year.

In 2013, Adkins was arrested for obstruction of governmental administration in Long Beach, New York. The charges were dismissed. The initial charge was that he was running and walking in the wrong lanes on a boardwalk. In court, it was revealed that there were never any lanes on the boardwalk. The arresting officer never appeared in court. The Nassau County Public Corruption Bureau investigated the case and thereafter issued a written admonishment to the Long Beach Police Department.