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| Born | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (age 34) St. Catherine, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Glen Mills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 100 m: 9.92 (London 2015) 200 m: 20.66 (Kingston 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kemar Bailey-Cole (born 10 January 1992) is a retiredtrack and field athlete fromJamaica, who mainly competed in the100 m. He is the2014 Commonwealth Games champion in the100 metres.
He qualified for the2012 Summer Olympics running a personal best 10.00 sec at the Jamaican Olympic trials over 100 m coming 5th earning him a spot on the 4 × 100 relay forJamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He later improved his time to 9.97 in Brussels on 7 September 2012. He is coached byGlen Mills who also coachesUsain Bolt andYohan Blake. In 2013 he once again improved his 100 m personal best to 9.96 seconds. In the 100 m final of the 2013 Jamaican National Championships, Bailey-Cole finished the race in 9.98 seconds, second only to Usain Bolt's 9.94, despite a 1.5 m/s headwind, where he earned a qualification to the2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. He set a personal best in the semi-final of the2013 World Championships in Athletics of 9.93 seconds where he came second to teammateNickel Ashmeade, however he could only manage 4th in the final, just outside the medal positions.[1]
At the2014 Commonwealth Games Bailey-Cole ran the100 m final in 10.00 seconds to take the gold medal,[2] beating England'sAdam Gemili who took silver, and fellow countrymanNickel Ashmeade who took bronze. He was also part of the Jamaican team who won the4 × 100 m relay in a Games record.[3]
He was a part of the Jamaican relay team whichwon the gold medal at the2016 Summer Olympics, running only in the heats.
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
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| 100 m | 9.92 | London, United Kingdom | 24 July 2015 |
| 200 m | 20.83 | Kingston, Jamaica | 19 May 2012 |
Commonwealth Games champions in men's100 metres | |
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