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Donovan Bailey

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Born
1967 (58 years old)
Manchester Parish, Jamaica

Position
Sprinter

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight
91 kg (201 lb)

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Donovan Bailey OC OOnt (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter. He once held the world record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to win the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran 12.10 m/s (43.6 km/h; 27.1 mph) in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded by a human at the time. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 as an individual athlete and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team. In 2005, he was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

Trophies

Pan American Games Silver	Canada Athletics	1999
World Athletics Championships Silver	Canada Athletics	1997
World Athletics Championships	Canada Athletics	1997
Olympics Gold	Canada Athletics	1996
Olympics Gold	Canada Athletics	1996
World Athletics Championships	Canada Athletics	1995
World Athletics Championships	Canada Athletics	1995
Commonwealth Games	Canada Athletics	1994
Pan American Games Silver	Canada Athletics	1991

Milestones

Olympic Record in 100 metres

Canada Athletics

1996-07-27

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