‹ The template below (Infobox athlete) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey Personal information Nationality Canadian Date of birth December 16, 1967 (1967-12-16) (age 43) Place of birth Manchester, Jamaica Height 1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in) Weight 82 kg (180 lb; 12.9 st) Sport Sport Running Event(s) 50 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 150 metres, 200 metres Medal record Men’s athletics Competitor for  Canada Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta 100 m Gold 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m relay World Championships Gold 1995 Gothenburg 100 m Gold 1995 Gothenburg 4×100 m relay Gold 1997 Athens 4×100 m relay Silver 1997 Athens 100 m Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 World's Fastest Man competition 4 After racing 5 Family 6 Personal bests 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early life

Born in Manchester, Jamaica in 1967, Bailey emigrated to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. He began competing as a 100 m sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a stockbroker. He was coached by Lawrence Seagraves. Career At the 1995 world Track & Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bailey won both the 100 m sprint and the 4 x 100 m relay titles. As a precursor to the centennial Olympics being held in Atlanta, Bailey broke the indoor 50 m world record during a competition in Reno, Nevada in 1996. He was timed at 5.56A seconds. Maurice Greene matched that performance in 1999, but his run was never ratified as a world record. Bailey repeated the "double" at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, setting a world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind in the 100 m (the previous record was set in July 1994 by American Leroy Burrell at 9.85 seconds). Many Canadians felt his victory restored the image of Canadian athletes, which had been tarnished by Ben Johnson's previous disqualified win at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Bailey was the second person to hold all the major titles in the 100 m concurrently (World Champion, Olympic Champion & World Record Holder); Carl Lewis was the first to achieve this feat.

Bailey won a third world title in 1997 with the Canadian relay team, while finishing second in the 100 m behind Maurice Greene. While Donovan was at a basketball party he broke a bone in his foot, which made it hard to run fast. This bone that Donovan broke was very hard to fix, since it was behind his muscle and flesh. After the 1997 season Bailey ruptured his Achilles tendon during the post season 98, effectively ending his career. He made a second attempt in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Olympic glory, but suffered from pneumonia and dropped out during the rounds. He retired from the sport in 2001, having been a three-time World and the 2 time Olympic champion. 1 Bailey's time of 9.84 in Atlanta was the 100 m world record from 1996 until 1999, when it was broken by Greene. The time also stood as the Commonwealth record from 1996 until 2005, when it was broken by Asafa Powell, and is the current Canadian record (shared with Bruny Surin since 1999). His Olympic record was broken by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. World's Fastest Man competition Main article: Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race

In May 1997 he raced against Michael Johnson in a 150 m race at Toronto's SkyDome in a bid to truly determine who the world's fastest man was. Earlier in the spring of 1997 Johnson began performing television promotions in which he billed himself as "the world's fastest man" as a result of his 200 meters world record, despite the fact that the 100 m world record holders are traditionally given that unofficial title. Bailey initially refused to take part, stating that "the world's fastest man was decided in Atlanta." Bailey won $1.5 million for winning the race in which Johnson pulled up around the 110 m mark, with an injured quadriceps muscle. After racing After racing Bailey started his own company called DBX Sport Management which helps amateur athletes find a way to promote themselves and a sport injury clinic in Oakville, Ontario. He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame twice: in 2004 as an individual, and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.2 In August 2008 Bailey worked as a track commentator for CBC Television at the 2008 Summer Olympics.3 He estimated that had Usain Bolt not slowed down near the end of the 100m dash (which he still won in record time), he could have set a time of 9.55 seconds 4 Family

Bailey's half-sister, Arlene Duncan, is a television actress currently starring in the Canadian television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie. Personal bests Event Time (seconds) Venue Date 50 metres 5.56 (1996–present) Reno, Nevada, United States February 9, 1996 60 metres 6.51 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan February 8, 1997 100 metres 9.84 (1996–1999) 0000 (1996–2008) Atlanta, Georgia, United States July 27, 1996 150 metres 14.99 Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 1, 1997 200 metres 20.42 Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland July 2, 1998 See also World record progression 100 metres men References ^ "Donovan Bailey to retire after 2001 season". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2001/05/25/bailey010525.html.  ^ "Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees". The Sports Network. 2008-05-13. http://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main. Retrieved 2008-05-13.  ^ CBC Television, Olympic Morning, 16 August 2008 ^ New York Times, Sprinters Marvel at Bolt and Are Sure That His Best Is Yet to Come, CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, August 19, 2008 (accessed 19 August 2008) External links Official website IAAF profile for Donovan Bailey Awards Preceded by Jacques Villeneuve Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1996 Succeeded by Jacques Villeneuve v · d · eOlympic Champions in Men's 100 m

1896: Tom Burke (USA)  • 1900: Frank Jarvis (USA)  • 1904: Archie Hahn (USA)  • 1908: Reggie Walker (RSA)  • 1912: Ralph Craig (USA)  • 1920: Charlie Paddock (USA)  • 1924: Harold Abrahams (GBR)  • 1928: Percy Williams (CAN)  • 1932: Eddie Tolan (USA)  • 1936: Jesse Owens (USA)  • 1948: Harrison Dillard (USA)  • 1952: Lindy Remigino (USA)  • 1956: Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)  • 1960: Armin Hary (GER)  • 1964: Bob Hayes (USA)  • 1968: Jim Hines (USA)  • 1972: Valeri Borzov (URS)  • 1976: Hasely Crawford (TRI)  • 1980: Allan Wells (GBR)  • 1984: Carl Lewis (USA)  • 1988: Carl Lewis (USA)  • 1992: Linford Christie (GBR)  • 1996: Donovan Bailey (CAN)  • 2000: Maurice Greene (USA)  • 2004: Justin Gatlin (USA)  • 2008: Usain Bolt (JAM) v · d · eOlympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Relay 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey v · d · eWorld Champions in Men's 100 m 1983 Carl Lewis · 1987 Carl Lewis · 1991 Carl Lewis · 1993 Linford Christie · 1995 Donovan Bailey · 1997 Maurice Greene · 1999 Maurice Greene · 2001 Maurice Greene · 2003 Kim Collins · 2005 Justin Gatlin · 2007 Tyson Gay · 2009 Usain Bolt v · d · eWorld Champions in Men's 4×100 m Relay 1983 United States · 1987 United States · 1991 United States · 1993 United States · 1995 Canada · 1997 Canada · 1999 United States · 2001 South Africa · 2003 United States · 2005 France · 2007 United States · 2009 Jamaica 1995 Canada (Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert & Bruny Surin) 1997 Canada (Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey) v · d · eCanadian Newsmaker of the Year Igor Gouzenko (1946) · Barbara-Ann Scott (1947) · William Lyon Mackenzie King (1948) · Louis St. Laurent (1949) · Lester B. Pearson (1950–1953) · Marilyn Bell (1954) · Lester B. Pearson (1955–1956) · John Diefenbaker (1957–1960) · Joey Smallwood (1959) · James Coyne (1961) · Réal Caouette (1962) · Lester B. Pearson (1963–1964) · Lucien Rivard (1965) · John Diefenbaker (1966) · Lester B. Pearson (1967) · Pierre Trudeau (1968–1975) · René Lévesque (1976–1977) · Pierre Trudeau (1978) · Joe Clark (1979) · Terry Fox (1980–1981) · Wayne Gretzky (1982) · Brian Mulroney (1983–1984) · Steve Fonyo (1985) · Rick Hansen (1986–1987) · Ben Johnson (1988) · Michael Wilson (1989) · Elijah Harper (1990) · Brian Mulroney (1991) · The referendum on the Charlottetown Accord (1992) · Kim Campbell (1993) · Jacques Parizeau (1994) · Lucien Bouchard (1995) · Donovan Bailey (1996) · Sheldon Kennedy (1997) · Jean Chrétien (1998) · Pierre Trudeau (1999, as Newsmaker of the 20th Century) · Pierre Trudeau (2000) · Stockwell Day (2001) · Jean Chrétien (2002) · Paul Martin (2003–2004) · John Gomery (2005) · The Canadian Soldier (2006) · RCMP (2007) · Stephen Harper (2008–2009) · Russell Williams (2010) Book:Canadian Newsmakers of the Year  · Category:Canadian Newsmakers of the Year  · Portal:History of Canada Persondata Name Bailey, Donovan Alternative names Short description Canadian athlete, Olympic medalist Date of birth December 16, 1967 Place of birth Manchester, Jamaica Date of death Place of death