Luke Bailey (wheelchair racer)
{{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
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Luke Bailey (born 17 September 1997) is an Australian wheelchair racer. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics .{{Cite web|date=23 July 2021|title=Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/para-athletics-team-set-to-do-what-australia-does-best-at-tokyo-2020/|access-date=23 July 2021|website=Paralympics Australia}} {{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team {{!}} Paralympics Australia |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2024/07/fearnley-protege-among-newest-members-of-australian-paralympic-team/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.paralympic.org.au |language=en-AU}}
Early life
Luke Bailey was born on 17 September 1997 in Wingham, New South Wales.{{Cite web|title=Luke Bailey|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/luke-bailey/|access-date=2 August 2021|website=Paralympics Australia|date=30 September 2019 }} He has caudal regression syndrome and spina bifida. In 2019, he moved to Newcastle, New South Wales to train.{{Cite web|title=Luke Bailey|url=https://www.paralympic.org/luke-bailey|access-date=2 August 2021|website=International Paralympic Committee}}
Athletics career
Bailey is classified as T54. After an introduction to Kurt Fearnley, he took up Para-athletics in 2011.
An elbow injury prevented him from competing at the national trials for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland.
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, he finished seventh in the Men's 100 m T54 and eighth in the Mixed {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Bailey finished 14th in his Men's 100m T54 heat and did not advance to the final.{{Cite web|title=Luke Bailey|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415989-bailey-luke.htm|access-date=28 September 2019|work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831160552/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415989-bailey-luke.htm|url-status=dead}}
Bailey competed in three events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris - 100m , 400m and 800m T54 events. {{Cite web |date=12 July 2023 |title=Turner Burns to Glory as Debutants Deliver | Day Three World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/turner-burns-to-glory-debutants-deliver-world-para-champs/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Athletics Australia}} In the lead up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, Bailey finished fourth in the Men's 100m T54 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Bailey finished 7th in the Men's 100m T54 final and did not qualify for the 400 m and 800 m T54 finals.{{Cite web |title=Australian Athletics Results |url=https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7646.htm |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=athletics.possumbility.com}}
He coached by Andrew Dawes and a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.{{Cite web |title=Para Track Athletes Selected for Paris {{!}} NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/nswis-news/para-track-athletes-selected-for-paris/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.nswis.com.au |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Paralympics Australia|luke-bailey}}
- [https://www.athletics.com.au/paralympic-athlete-profiles/lukebailey/ Athletics Australia Profile]
- {{IPC|luke-bailey}}
- [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7646.htm Athletics Australia Historical Results]
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Category:Australian male wheelchair racers
Category:Paralympic wheelchair racers
Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia
Category:Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:People with caudal regression syndrome
Category:People from the Mid North Coast
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:People with spina bifida