Angela Bailey

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| birth_place= Coventry, Warwickshire, England

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| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Angela Bailey (28 February 1962 – 31 July 2021) was a Canadian track and field athlete. She was the Canadian record holder in the 100 metres with her personal best of 10.98 seconds in 1987. She also holds the 200 metres indoor national record with 23.32 seconds in 1984.{{cite news |title= Record-holding Canadian sprinter, Olympic medallist Angela Bailey dies at 59 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/canadian-sprinter-olympic-medallist-angela-bailey-obituary-1.6127288 |agency=The Canadian Press |work=CBC News |date=2 August 2021 |accessdate=3 August 2021 }} She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay in 1984, three relay silver medals at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships.

Career

Bailey was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. She first came to international attention at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978. In 1980, she won gold in both 100 metres and 200 metres at the first Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships in Sudbury, defeating the favoured American sprinter Michele Glover decisively in both distances. She was selected for the 1980 Olympic team but Canada boycotted the Moscow event.

Bailey won all her races on a tour of New Zealand in late 1981, which included three gold medals at the Pacific Conference Games in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. She placed fourth in the 100 meters and seventh in the 200 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and was again fourth in the 100 metres in 1986. She won a silver medal for the 4×100 m relay at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, and did so again in both the 1982 and 1986 games.

At the 1983 World Championships, Bailey placed fifth in the 100 metres, seventh in the 200 metres and fifth in the 4×100 m relay. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, she came in sixth in the 100 metres and won a silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay with Marita Payne, Angella Taylor and France Gareau.

Bailey was a two-time All-American for the UCLA Bruins track and field team, finishing 4th in the 4 × 100 meters relay and 5th in the 4 × 400 meters relay at the 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=18 |title=4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x1.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x1 |website=Track and Field News |access-date=28 December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=19 |title=4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x4.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x4 |website=Track and Field News |access-date=28 December 2024}}

Originally fourth in the 60 metres final at the 1987 World Indoor Championships, Bailey was promoted to the bronze medal in 1989, due to the disqualification of Canadian team-mate Angella Issajenko after the Dubin Inquiry. She set the Canadian 100 metres record with 10.98 secs on 6 July 1987 in Budapest, and went on to finish seventh in the 100 metres final at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. She was a quarter-finalist in the 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Death

Diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in the fall of 2020, Bailey died of cancer in Toronto on 31 July 2021, aged 59.{{cite news |title=Canadian Olympian, sprinter Angela Bailey dies |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/record-holding-canadian-sprinter-olympic-medallist-angela-bailey-dies-at-59/ar-AAMRins |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=Microsoft News |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021}}{{cite news |title= 'AWESOME ATHLETE': Canadian sprint legend Angela Bailey dies |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/canadian-sprint-legend-angela-bailey-has-passed-away |first=Steve |last=Buffery |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=2 August 2021}} A statement from the family read, in part, that Bailey "persevered with amazing strength and resilience as she battled cancer alongside her five year struggle with mental illness."

National titles

Canadian Track and Field Championships
100 metres: 1985, 1990
200 metres: 1985

International competitions

rowspan=3|1978

|rowspan=3|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=3|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

|semi-final

|100 m

|11.63

heats

|200 m

|23.91

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4x100 m

|44.26

rowspan=2|1980

|rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|100 m

|11.55

bgcolor=gold| 1st

|200 m

|23.44w

rowspan=4|1981

|rowspan=3|Pacific Conference Games

|rowspan=3|Christchurch, New Zealand

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|100 m

|11.46

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|200m

|23.37

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4x100m

|44.50

World Cup

|Rome, Italy

|4th

|4x100 m

|43.06

rowspan=3|1982

|rowspan=3|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=3|Brisbane, Australia

|4th

|100 m

|11.30

8th

|200 m

|23.42

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4x100 m

|43.66

rowspan=3|1983

|rowspan=3|World Championships

|rowspan=3|Helsinki, Finland

|5th

|100 m

|11.20

7th

|200 m

|22.93 (wind 1.5)

5th

|4x100 m

|43.05

rowspan=3|1984

|rowspan=3|Olympic Games

|rowspan=3|Los Angeles, United States

|6th

|100 m

|11.40

semi-final

|200 m

|22.75

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4x100 m

|42.77

rowspan=2|1986

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Edinburgh, Scotland

|4th

|100 m

|11.35w

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4x100 m

|43.83

rowspan=4|1987

|World Indoor Championships

|Indianapolis, United States

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|60 m

|7.12

rowspan=3|World Championships

|rowspan=3|Rome, Italy

|7th

|100 m

|11.18

semi-final

|200 m

|22.97

6th

|4x100 m

|43.26

rowspan=2|1988

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Seoul, South Korea

|quarter-final

|100 m

|11.29

semi-final

|4x100 m

|43.82

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|6th

|4x100 m

|43.39

Note: At the 1987 World Indoor Championships, Bailey originally finished fourth. She was promoted to the bronze medal position in 1989 after her Canadian teammate Angella Issajenko, who had won the silver medal, was disqualified after admitting long term drug use at the Dubin Inquiry.
Note: At the 1981 World Cup, Bailey was representing the Americas continent.

References

External links

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Category:1962 births

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Category:Track and field athletes from Toronto

Category:Women in sports

Category:Canadian female sprinters

Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games