Donovan Bailey biography
Donovan Bailey, (born Dec. 16, 1967, Manchester, Jam.), Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter who specialised within the 100-metre sprint, profitable a gold medal within the occasion on the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Bailey moved to Oakville, Ont., Can., in 1981 to dwell together with his father. He was on the monitor workforce in highschool, and at age 16 he ran the 100-metre sprint in 10.65 sec. He didn't pursue working significantly, nonetheless, and as a substitute targeted on basketball. He performed ahead on the basketball workforce at Sheridan College, Oakville, the place he studied economics. After receiving a diploma in enterprise administration, Bailey began his personal advertising and investment-consulting enterprise. Sports grew to become his interest, and he often entered dash races. In 1991 he received the 60-metre sprint on the Ontario indoor championships. Training solely sporadically, Bailey didn't make the Canadian monitor workforce for the 1991 world championships or the 1992 Olympics.
In 1993 Bailey was a member of the Canadian workforce on the world championships. It was there that he met coach Dan Pfaff, who invited Bailey to coach with him. Pfaff subsequently overhauled his method and helped him polish his fashion. As a consequence, Bailey improved his begins and his means to maintain his velocity all through the race. By the tip of 1994, he was ranked eighth on this planet within the 100-metre sprint. He ran the 100 metres in lower than 10 seconds for the primary time within the spring of 1995. In July of that yr Bailey set a Canadian file of 9.91 sec on the Canadian monitor and area championships, and in August he received the 100 metres on the world championships. He set his first world file in 1996 within the 50-metre sprint on the Reno Air Games.
Bailey structured his 100-metre run as 20 metres of begin, 50 metres of acceleration, and 30 metres of leisure. The method proved profitable on the Atlanta Olympics, the place he received the 100-metre sprint in a file time of 9.84 sec to earn the appellation “the world’s fastest man” (his time was bested by Maurice Greene in 1999). Bailey then ran the final leg of the 4 × 100-metre relay to assist the Canadian workforce win a gold medal in that occasion. Bailey obtained the Canadian Sport Award in 1996. At the next yr’s world championships, he received a silver medal within the 100 metres and was a part of the gold-winning 4 × 100-metre relay workforce. Subsequent accidents, most notably a torn Achilles tendon, hampered his efficiency, and in 2001 Bailey retired. He subsequently labored as a tv commentator, and in 2002 he based the Donovan Bailey Foundation, which assists newbie athletes in Canada.