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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1989-04-13)April 13, 1989 (age 36)[1] Portland, Oregon, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1][2] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg)[1] | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m: 9.88 (Rieti 2010) 200 m: 20.10 (Zürich 2010) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Ryan Bailey (born April 13, 1989) is an Americansprinter. He has personal bests of 9.88 seconds for the100-meter dash and 20.10 seconds for the200-meter dash. He ranks among the top ten Americans ever for the shorter distance.
A native ofPortland, Oregon, Bailey attendedDouglas McKay High School inSalem,[3][4][5] where he won the 2007 Oregon State Championships 6A titles at 100 metres and 200 metres, and then went on to finish second and third over 200 metres at the Nike Outdoor Championships and USATF Junior Championships, respectively. After graduation, he began studying part-time atChemeketa Community College.[6]
He relocated toIna, Illinois in January 2009, to attendRend Lake College, known as one of the top junior college track and field programs in the United States. At Rend Lake, Bailey won the55 metres dash at the National Junior College Indoor Championships and, during the outdoor season, won the 100 meters and finished second in the 200 meters at the National Junior College Track & Field Championships. His time of 10.05 was a personal best and a national junior college record. His 100 m time made him the 13th fastest American sprinter in 2009. He turned pro in August 2009, signing withNike.[7]
In August 2010, Bailey ran a new personal best of 9.88 seconds in the100 metres, finishing second only toNesta Carter (9.78 s) inRieti,Italy.[8] He also ran 20.10 to lower his personal best in the 200 m while placing third in theWeltklasse meet in Zurich, Switzerland and also finish the season third in theIAAF Diamond League 200 standings.
At the2012 United States Olympic Trials, he gained a place on the Olympic team by finishing third in the 100 m final with a time of 9.93 seconds.[9]
Bailey began his Olympic debut at the2012 Summer Olympics in London, by winning his heat inRound 1 of the 100 metres in a time of 9.88 seconds, equaling his personal best at that time. He equaled that time again in the final for a fourth-place finish. He also competed in the men's 4x100m final and won a silver medal for team USA, equalling the Olympic record of 37.10 seconds behind team Jamaica.
In 2016 Bailey tried his hand atbobsledding, winning the National Push Championship preliminaries in August[10] before winning the brakeman title at the Championships the following month.[11]
| Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date |
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| 60 metres | 6.50 | Seattle,Washington, United States | 14 February 2015 |
| 100 metres | 9.88 | Rieti, Italy London, Great Britain | 29 August 2010, 4 and 5 August 2012 |
| 200 metres | 20.10 | Zürich,Switzerland | 19 August 2010 |
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