Antiguan sprinter
Daniel Bailey
Full name Daniel Bailey Nationality Antigua and Barbuda Born (1986-09-09 ) 9 September 1986 (age 38) Antigua and Barbuda Height 179 cm (70 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Sport Athletics Personal best(s) 100 m : 9.91
200 m : 20.40Updated on 20 January 2015
Daniel Bakka Everton Bailey (born 9 September 1986) is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 100m .
Career
Bailey represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2004 Summer Olympics , the 2006 Commonwealth Games , the 2008 Summer Olympics , the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games .
Bailey took up running at the age of 11, but preferring cricket and football, he only became a serious athlete at the age of 16.[ 1]
In Beijing at the 2008 Olympics, he competed in 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 semifinals as he finished in fourth place after Asafa Powell , Walter Dix , and Derrick Atkins .[ 2]
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.[ 1] 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 .[ 3] He was the first Antiguan athlete to qualify for the finals of the men's 100-metre at that year's World Championships .[ 1]
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.[ 4] 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.[ 5] 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.[ 6] [ 7]
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.[ 8] 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 a 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".[ 9]
He was Antigua and Barbuda's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not qualify from his heat.[ 1] [ 10]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was the flag bearer for Antigua and Barbuda.[ 1]
He again competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . During the 100 m event, he finished 2nd in his heat and qualified for the semifinals but did not start.[ 11] He was again the flag bearer during the Parade of Nations .[ 12]
Personal bests
All information taken from IAAF profile. [ 13]
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Antigua and Barbuda
2002
Leeward Islands Junior Championships (U17)
Road Town , Tortola , British Virgin Islands
3rd
100m
11.2 (ht) (wind: NWI)
4th
200m
23.98 (wind: NWI)
4th
Long jump
6.10 m (wind: NWI)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)
Bridgetown , Barbados
7th
100 m
11.39 (wind: 0.3 m/s)
5th (h)
200 m
23.09 (wind: −0.5 m/s)
2003
CARIFTA Games (U-20)
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
4th (h)
100 m
10.97 (wind: −3.3 m/s)
2nd
200 m
21.10 (wind: −1.1 m/s)
Leeward Islands Junior Championships (U20)
Road Town , Tortola , British Virgin Islands
1st
100 m
10.62 (wind: NWI)
1st
200m
22.29 (wind: NWI)
Pan American Junior Championships
Bridgetown, Barbados
6th
100m
10.57 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2nd (h)
200m
21.26 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
World Youth Championships
Sherbrooke , Canada
12th (sf)
100 m
10.80 (wind: -2.6 m/s)
4th
200 m
21.59 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Pan American Games
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
14th (sf)
100 m
10.74 (wind: -1.7 m/s)
14th (sf)
200 m
21.36 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2004
CARIFTA Games (U-20)
Hamilton, Bermuda
1st
100 m
10.54 (wind: −0.9 m/s)
2nd
200 m
21.07 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
Coatzacoalcos , Mexico
1st
100 m
10.33 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
2nd
200 m
20.81 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
World Junior Championships
Grosseto , Italy
4th
100 m
10.39 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
6th (heats)
100 m
10.51 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
2005
CARIFTA Games (U-20)
Bacolet , Trinidad and Tobago
1st
100 m
10.36 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
1st
200 m
21.36 (wind: −0.9 m/s)
Leeward Islands Junior Championships (U20)
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
1st
100m
10.77 (wind: NWI)
1st
200m
21.54 (wind: NWI)
4th
Javelin
44.26 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Nassau, Bahamas
5th (sf)1
100m
10.39 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Pan American Junior Championships
Windsor , Canada
4th
100m
10.39 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
3rd
200 m
20.80 w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
4th (heats)
100 m
10.49 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
2006
Commonwealth Games
Melbourne , Australia
11th (quarter-finals)
100 m
10.38 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
5th
4 × 100 m relay
40.76
NACAC U-23 Championships
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
7th
100m
10.64 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
CAC Games
Cartagena, Colombia
5th (heats)
100 m
10.7 (ht) (wind: NWI)
—
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
2007
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
7th (h)2
100 m
10.34 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia , Spain
—
60 m
DQ
CAC Championships
Cali , Colombia
2nd
100 m
10.18
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
20th (qf)
100 m
10.23 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009
World Championships
Berlin , Germany
4th
100 m
9.93 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2010
World Indoor Championships
Doha , Qatar
3rd
60 m
6.57
CAC Games
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
2nd
100 m
10.08
Continental Cup
Split , Croatia
2nd
100 m
10.05 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2011
CAC Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
2nd
100 m
10.11
World Championships
Daegu , South Korea
5th
100 m
10.26 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
2012
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
18th (sf)
100m
10.16 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2013
World Championships
Moscow , Russia
40th
100 m
10.45 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2014
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow , United Kingdom
5th (sf)
100m
10.22 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
6th
200m
20.43 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
7th
4 × 100 m relay
40.45
Pan American Sports Festival
Mexico City , Mexico
2nd
100m
10.10 A (wind: -1.3 m/s)
5th
200m
20.40 A (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2015
World Championships
Beijing, China
6th
4 × 100 m relay
38.61
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22nd (sf)
100 m
10.20 3
2017
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
–
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
8th
4 × 200 m relay
1:25.11
1 Did not start in the final.
2 Did not finish in the semifinal.
3 Did not start in the semifinal.
References
^ a b c d e "Glasgow 2014 - Daniel Bailey Profile" . g2014results.thecgf.com . Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019 .
^ "Athlete biography: Daniel Bailey" . Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008 .
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour . IAAF . Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Landells, Steve (13 March 2010). EVENT REPORT – MEN's 60 Metres Final . IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Daniel Bailey 2010 . Tilastopaja. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (26 July 2010). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez – CAC Games, days 1 and 2 . IAAF. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Ramsak, Bob (10 September 2010). EVENT Report – Men's 100 Metres . IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Foster, Anthony (17 April 2011). Blake beats Powell over 200m in Kingston . IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (13 June 2011). Bailey edges Blake 9.97 to 9.98 in Strasbourg . IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Daniel Bailey Bio, Stats, and Results" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016 .
^ "Rio 2016" . Rio 2016 . Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016 .
^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony" . 16 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016 .
^ Bailey Daniel biography . IAAF . Retrieved 30 May 2009.
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