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Daniel Bailey 
Bailey with his 2010 indoor bronze medalPersonal information Nationality Antigua and Barbuda Born 9 September 1986 Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Sport Sport Athletics Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 100m: 9.91
200m: 20.51Medal recordMen's athletics Competitor for 
Antigua and BarbudaWorld Indoor Championships Bronze 2010 Doha 60 m Continental Cup Silver 2010 Split 100 m CAC Championships Silver 2011 Mayagüez 100 m Silver 2008 Cali 100 m Pan American Junior Championships Bronze 2005 Windsor 200 m Daniel Everton Bailey (born 9 September 1986) is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres.[1] He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He came to prominence in 2009 with a 100 m win on the IAAF Golden League and a fourth place finish at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He was the bronze medallist over 60 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and has also won sprint medals at Caribbean regional level. His personal best of 9.91 seconds is the Antiguan national record over 100 m.
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Career
Bailey represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics. In Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in his heat, just four hundredths of a second after Usain Bolt in a time of 10.24 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he improved his time to 10.23 seconds. However, he was unable to qualify for the semi finals as he finished in fourth place after Asafa Powell, Walter Dix and Derrick Atkins.[1]
Bailey made a strong start to the 2009 athletics season, recording a personal best of 10.02 seconds and a windy 9.93 seconds in the 100 m in early May. He broke new ground at the South American Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet, becoming the first athlete to run under ten seconds on the continent. His run of 9.99 seconds (achieved despite a headwind) was a new personal best. He again lowered this mark to 9.96 seconds in Rome at the Golden Gala meet and a week later in Paris ran 9.91 seconds, to finish second to his training partner Usain Bolt, setting a new national record for Antigua and Barbuda.[2]
He won the bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Finishing in 6.57 seconds, he became Antigua's first ever medallist in the event and said he hoped the medal win would bode well for the summer.[3] He competed on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking third over 100 m at the British Grand Prix and Adidas Grand Prix (running a wind-assisted 9.92 seconds at the latter meet). He was fourth at the Memorial van Damme and had a season's best of 10 seconds flat at the Meeting Areva in Paris, where he was also fourth.[4] His major competition performances that year were at the 2010 CAC Games, where he was the 100 m silver medallist behind Churandy Martina, and the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, where he was also runner-up against Christophe Lemaitre. He also led-off the winning Americas relay team at the Continental Cup.[5][6]
Missing the 2011 indoor season, he opened the year in Jamaica and achieved a personal best over 200 metres with a run of 20.51 sec at the UTech Classic in April.[7] A wind-assisted run of 9.94 sec in the 100 m followed at the Jamaica Invitational. He headed to Europe with his training partner Yohan Blake (another trainee of Glen Mills), and his trip was highlighted by win in 9.97 seconds in Strasbourg. The 24-year-old saw his time in Europe as a way of accustoming himself to competing abroad: "Here I learned how to acclimatise and cope with different eating habits".[8]
Personal bests
Event Time (seconds) Venue Date 60 metres 6.54 Birmingham, United Kingdom 21 February 2009 100 metres 9.91 Paris, France 17 July 2009 200 metres 20.51 Kingston, Jamaica 16 April 2011 - All information taken from IAAF profile.[9]
Achievements
- 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – bronze medal (60 m)
- 2005 Pan American Junior Championships – bronze medal (200 m)
- 2004 World Junior Championships – fourth place (100 m)
- 2003 World Youth Championships – fourth place (200 m)
References
- ^ a b Athlete biography: Daniel Bailey, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-25). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2010-03-13). EVENT REPORT – MEN's 60 Metres Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-21.
- ^ Daniel Bailey 2010. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-26). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez – CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-09-10). EVENT Report – Men's 100 Metres. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2011-04-17). Blake beats Powell over 200m in Kingston. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2011-06-13). Bailey edges Blake 9.97 to 9.98 in Strasbourg. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Bailey Daniel biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
External links
- IAAF profile for Daniel Bailey
- sports-reference
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 4 x 100 m relay 1977: United States (Collins, Riddick, Wiley, Williams) • 1979: Americas (Lara, dos Santos, Leonard, de Araújo) • 1981: Europe (Zwoliński, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) • 1985: United States (Glance, Baptiste, Smith, Evans) • 1989: United States (Cason, Dees, Council, Watkins) • 1992: United States (Bridgwater, Braunskill, Smith, Williams) • 1994: Great Britain (Braithwaite, Jarrett, Regis, Christie) • 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Devonish, Golding, Chambers) • 2002: United States (Drummond, Smoots, Conwright, Miller) • 2006: United States (Conwright, Spearmon, Gay, Smoots) • 2010: Americas (Bailey, Spearmon, Gay, Martina)
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Male sprinters
- Antigua and Barbuda athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes of Antigua and Barbuda
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