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Donovan Bailey

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Born
1967 (56 years old)

Birth Place
Manchester Parish, Jamaica

Position
Sprinter

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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.

Career Honours

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

Career Milestones

Olympic Record in 100 metres 1996-07-27

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