Kemar Bailey-Cole

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|01|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = St. Catherine, Jamaica

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| height ={{height|m=1.93}}

| weight= {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = Sprints

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| coach = Glen Mills

| pb = 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 retired track and field athlete from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the 100m. He is the 2014 Commonwealth Games 100 metres champion.

Career

He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics running a personal best 10.00 sec at the Jamaican Olympic trials over 100m coming 5th earning him a spot on the 4×100 relay for Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He later improved his time to 9.97 in Brussels on 7 September 2012. He is coached by Glen Mills who also coaches Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. In 2013 he once again improved his 100m personal best to 9.96 seconds. In the 100m 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 the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. He set a personal best in the semi-final of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics of 9.93 seconds where he came second to teammate Nickel Ashmeade, however he could only manage 4th in the final, just outside the medal positions.{{cite web|url=http://trackalerts.com/index.php?option=com_videoflow&task=play&id=26 |title=Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.09 PB (+2.0m/s) 100m Jamaica ... |publisher=trackalerts.com |date=2012-05-07 |access-date=2012-08-01}}

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bailey-Cole ran the 100 m final in 10.00 seconds to take the gold medal,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28533169|title=England's Gemili takes 100m silver|publisher=BBC Sport}} beating England's Adam Gemili who took silver, and fellow countryman Nickel Ashmeade who took bronze. He was also part of the Jamaican team who won the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay in a Games record.{{Cite web |title=Athletics 4 x 100m Relay - Men Glasgow 2014 {{!}} Commonwealth Games Federation |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3052/event/1621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525015152/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3052/event/1621 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=thecgf.com}}

He was a part of the Jamaican relay team which won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, running only in the heats.

Personal bests

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Event !Time !Venue !Date
100 m \|9.92 \|London, United Kingdom \|24 July 2015
200 m \|20.83 \|Kingston, Jamaica \|19 May 2012

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Event

!Time

!Venue

!Date

100 m

|9.92

|London, United Kingdom

|24 July 2015

200 m

|20.83

|Kingston, Jamaica

|19 May 2012

References

External links

{{World Athletics||name=Kemar Bailey-Cole }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20111110053442/http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=287 Pace Sports Management Profile]
[https://archive.today/20130128182443/www.london2012.com/athlete/bailey-cole-kemar-1124389/ London Olympic Profile]

Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:Jamaican male sprinters

Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica

Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games