Deon Minor (born January 22, 1973) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meter dash.
Minor grew up in Paris, Texas and his first international success came in 1991 when he won the 400 m title at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
He came fourth in his 400 m semi-final at the worlds, being eliminated before the final, but anchored the US men's relay team (with Jason Rouser, Mark Everett, and Sean Maye) to the gold medal in a time of 3:04.93 minutes.
[8] Minor competed at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the summer and took sixth place in the 400 m final.
[10] His world record relay mark was beaten in 2006 by a team of Kerron Clement, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Wariner.