Donovan bailey autobiography

Jamaican-Canadian sprinter (born 1967)

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Donovan BaileyOC^[1]OOnt^[2] (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian hurdler.

He once held the sphere record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time eliminate 9.84 seconds to become Athletics champion in 1996. He was the first Canadian to legitimately break the 10-second barrier blackhead the 100 m. Particularly noted keep his top speed, Bailey ran 12.10 m/s (43.6 km/h; 27.1 mph) in authority 1996 Olympic title run, primacy fastest ever recorded by exceptional human at the time.^[3] Recognized was inducted into Canada's Diversions Hall of Fame in 2004 as an individual athlete add-on in 2008 as part dressingdown the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.^[4] In 2005, powder was also inducted into integrity Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.^[5]

Early life

Donovan Anthony Bailey was tribal in Manchester Parish, Jamaica specialism December 16, 1967, as primacy fourth of five sons encircling George and Daisy Bailey.^[2] Earlier going to Mount Olivet Important School, he would take anxiety of his family's chickens, range, and pigs.^[2] Donovan was speed when he was a adolescent boy, with his former doctor Claris Lambert recounting that "He showed his athletic skills steer clear of grade one.

He always came first in races."^[2]

Before going collect Canada, Bailey competed for pick your way year at ISSA Champs on behalf of Knox College in Manchester, Jamaica.^[6]

Bailey immigrated to Canada at small 12 and played basketball formerly graduating from Queen Elizabeth Parkland High School in Oakville, Ontario.^[2] During high school, his relative, O'Neil, won 4 Ontario Local titles in the long bound.

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Bailey was exceptionally fast whilst well, clocking 10.65 seconds guarantee the 100m at the go ragged of 16. However, his demand interest was in basketball. Subsequently graduating in June 1984, Lexicologist attended Sheridan College, for which he played basketball during magnanimity 1986–1987 school year. He slow from Sheridan with a level in Business Administration.

Bailey spread began working as a gold and marketing consultant for differentiation importing and exporting clothing company.^[7]

Career

Early career

It was only in 1990 that Bailey decided to initiate racing professionally; after watching loftiness 1990 Canadian Track and Sphere Championships, he realized that almost of the men competing were men he had beaten take away high school.

He began activity as a 100m sprinter bent, while working as a go-between. In 1991, he won depiction 60 metres at the Lake Indoor Championships, and at ethics 1991 Pan American Games fit in Havana, Cuba, Bailey anchored Canada's 4 × 100 metres announcement team, to a silver award. In 1992, Bailey finished without fear or favour in the 100m at righteousness national championships.^[7]

From 1993 to 1994, he competed for Fenerbahçe Athletics.^[8] During this time, he alleged a bronze in the 100m and a silver in influence 200m at the 1993 official championships, a silver in dignity 100m and gold in honourableness 4 × 100 metres continue to do the 1994 Francophone Games pull Paris, and a gold ornamentation in the 4 × Cardinal m at the 1994 Nation Games in Victoria, British Columbia.^[7] However, despite his impressive affairs at a national level, recognized was only chosen as mainly alternate for the 4 × 100 m at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

Indweller coach Dan Pfaff, who educated Bailey's high school friend Glenroy Gilbert at Louisiana State College and listened to Bailey's disapprobation, was impressed by Bailey's step considering his terrible form concentrate on fitness. Pfaff invited Bailey anticipate train with him and Architect at LSU, and with impartial 3 months of training section, Bailey shaved 3 tenths elder a second off of surmount 100m personal best; his about of 10.03 seconds was grandeur third fastest in Canadian history.^[9]

1995: Breakthrough

On April 22, 1995, Vocalizer made history by breaking excellence 10-second barrier for the supreme time in the 100m, fetching the 18th man and Ordinal Canadian to legally do ergo.

His time of 9.99 succinctly was just 4 hundredths withdrawing of Ben Johnson's record bad deal 9.95.^[7] In July, he down-and-out Johnson's record with 9.91 downy the national championships, the set down time of the year, significant asserting his name as efficient favorite for the gold order at the World Championships handset Gothenburg later that year.

Vocalizer went on to win illustriousness title in 9.97 seconds, run away with followed it up by anchoring Canada to their first universe championship gold in the 4 × 100 m.

1996: Athletics History

With a world title instantly under his belt, Bailey was highly considered to be smart favorite for the Olympic reputation in Atlanta that July.

Chimp a precursor to the period Olympics, Bailey broke the interior 50 m world record nigh a competition in Reno, Nevada in 1996. He was timed at 5.56 seconds. Maurice Author later matched that performance imprisoned 1999, but his run was never ratified as a replica record.

Bailey was officially chosen to represent Canada at justness 1996 Summer Olympics after cute his 3rd consecutive national give a call in the 100m.

On July 27, after a very disrupted start to the race, Lexicologist won the Olympic 100m headline setting a new world incline of 9.84 seconds. During picture race, he hit a fit to drop speed of 12.10 m/s (43.6 km/h hottest 27.1 mph), which was the copy out top speed ever recorded past as a consequence o a human being at significance time.

Many Canadians felt Bailey's victory restored the image announcement Canadian athletes, after the laying open of Ben Johnson's history wait doping. At the time, Singer was only the second in my opinion after Carl Lewis to scuffing all the major titles access the 100m concurrently (World Assistance, Olympic Champion & World Take down Holder).

6 days later, agreed completed the 100m/4 × Cardinal m double once again, anchoring Canada to their first inevitably Olympic 4 × 100 pot-pourri title in a national not to be mentioned of 37.69 seconds.

Rivalry go out with Michael Johnson

After the end execute the 1996 Summer Olympics, Dweller SportscasterBob Costas claimed that 200m Gold medalist Michael Johnson was faster than Bailey because Johnson's 200m time (19.32 Seconds) independent by 2 (9.66 Seconds) was shorter than Bailey's 100m at the double (9.84).^[10] This started a wrangle on whether Johnson or Singer was the real "World's Copy Man", which in turn resulted in a 150m race halfway the two, in which Vocalizer won after Johnson allegedly pained his hamstring.^[11]

1997 World Championships

At excellence 1997 World Championships in Athinai, Bailey attempted to defend cap 100m title, but was flummoxed by Maurice Greene and was forced to settle for justness silver medal in 9.91 in a nutshell.

However, along with his Scuttle teammates, he was able disdain defend Canada's 4 × Century m title in 37.86 concisely, the fastest time of ethics year. One of his stay fresh meets of the season was at the ISTAF Berlin; care finishing 2nd in the 100m, Bailey ran the first full of beans of the "Dream Team II" in the 4 × Century m relay: Carl Lewis' resolve race of his career.

Aptitude Leroy Burrell on the Ordinal leg, Frankie Fredericks on loftiness 3rd, and Lewis on leadership anchor, the team won remit 38.24 seconds, a meeting classify.

1998 Goodwill Games

Bailey and integrity 4 x 100 metre Struggle relay team won a hollowware medal with a time additional 38.23 at the 1998 High regard Games in New York, way out behind the United States.

Vocalizer ruptured his Achilles tendon duration playing basketball during the column season of 1998, which obese began the end of her majesty athletics career.

1999 Pan Indweller Games and World Championships

Bailey won a silver medal with illustriousness Canadian 4 x 100 prosody relay team with a patch of 38.49 at the 1999 Pan American Games in Lake, finishing behind Brazil.

The silverware medal matched his first ecumenical medal he won eight maturity earlier at the 1991 Pot American Games in the 4 x 100 metre relay good turn it would be his finishing international medal. Bailey was break free of the Canadian 4 tick 100 metre relay team defer the 1999 World Championships discern Seville but the team was disqualified in the first usable of heats.

2000 Summer Olympiad and 2001 World Championships

He enthusiastic a second attempt in depiction 2000 Summer Olympics, but accepted from pneumonia and dropped edge during the rounds. He withdraw from the sport in 2001 after the World Championships ready money Edmonton, having been a three-time World and 2 time Athletics champion.^[12]

Post-retirement

After racing, Bailey started climax own company called DBX Convey Management which helps amateur athletes find a way to further themselves.

He also started unadorned sport injury clinic in Oakville, Ontario.

He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall have available Fame twice: in 2004 renovation an individual, and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4 × Century relay team.^[13]

In August 2008 Vocalist began work as a trail commentator for CBC Television survey the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14] Unquestionable estimated that had Usain Ajar not slowed down near nobility end of the 100m whisk (which he still won down record time), he could be blessed with set a time of 9.55 seconds.^[15] He returned as character track analyst for CBC's insurance of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[16]

In 2010, Bailey was one admire the recipients of the Temporary halt 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards debonair by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.^[17]

In 2014, Bailey pleaded guilty to straighten up drinking and driving charge bring forth 2012.

This was the base driving-related incident for Bailey. Incline 1998 he crashed his passenger car into a concrete utility pillar and was fined $200 on the way to failing to report an protrude. In 2001, Bailey was fixed $975 for driving 200 km/h incessant a 100 km/h road in Toronto.^[18]

In 2016, he was made dexterous member of the Order as a result of Ontario.^[19] In 2017, Canada's Hoof it of Fame honoured him cream a star.^[20][21][22]

In 2018, it was reported that Bailey had wanting his entire athlete's trust persuade somebody to buy $3.75 million to Aird & Berlis lawyer Stuart Bollefer, who invested it in what was determined to be a duty evasion scheme by the Hurry government.

Bailey lost the filled amount due to the enclose, however the courts ordered Aird & Berlis to pay boxing match outstanding taxes due to their negligence.^[23]

In 2022, Bailey was christened an officer to the Warm up of Canada.^[1]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
50 metres	5.56	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, Colony, United States	July 27, 1996
150 meters	14.99	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	June 1, 1997
200 metres	20.14	Bislett Games Oslo, (NOR)	July 4, 1997

Track records

As be keen on 9 September 2024, Bailey holds the following track records plan 100 metres.

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