Daniel Bailey

Daniel Everton Bailey (born 9 September 1986) is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Daniel Bailey

Bailey at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Everton Bailey
Nationality	Antigua and Barbuda
Born	9 September 1986
Height	179 cm (70 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.91 200 m: 20.40
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m Continental Cup 2010 Split 100 m CAC Championships 2008 Cali 100 m 2011 Mayagüez 100 m
Updated on 20 January 2015.

He came to prominence in 2009 with a 100 m win in 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.

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 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.[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 he did not start.[11] He was again the flag bearer during the Parade of Nations.[12]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
60 metres	6.54	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21 February 2009
100 metres	9.91 (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Paris, France	17 July 2009
200 metres	20.40 (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Mexico City, Mexico	16 August 2014

• 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

1. "Glasgow 2014 - Daniel Bailey Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. "Athlete biography: Daniel Bailey". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
3. Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
4. Landells, Steve (13 March 2010). EVENT REPORT – MEN's 60 Metres Final. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. Daniel Bailey 2010. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
6. 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 on 15 June 2011.
7. Ramsak, Bob (10 September 2010). EVENT Report – Men's 100 Metres. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
8. Foster, Anthony (17 April 2011). Blake beats Powell over 200m in Kingston. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
9. Vazel, Pierre-Jean (13 June 2011). Bailey edges Blake 9.97 to 9.98 in Strasbourg. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
10. "Daniel Bailey Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
11. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
12. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
13. Bailey Daniel biography. IAAF. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Bailey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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