Daniel Bailey
Bailey with his 2010 indoor bronze medal
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Daniel Everton Bailey |
| Nationality | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Born | 9 September 1986 |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
100 m: 9.91 |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 20 January 2015. | |
100 m: 9.91
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.
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.
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.
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.
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