Angela Bailey
Medal record | ||
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Women’s athletics | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1984 Los Angeles | 4x100m Relay | |
World Indoor Championships | ||
1987 Indianapolis | 60m | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
1978 Edmonton | 4x100 metres | |
1982 Brisbane | 4x100 metres | |
1986 Edinburgh | 4x100 metres | |
Pacific Conference Games | ||
1981 Christchurch | 100 metres | |
1981 Christchurch | 200 metres | |
1981 Christchurch | 4x100 metres | |
Pan American Junior Championships | ||
1980 Sudbury | 100 metres | |
1980 Sudbury | 200 metres |
Angela Bailey (born 28 February 1962 in Coventry, England) is a former Canadian track and field athlete. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metres with her personal best of 10.98 seconds, set in 1987. She also holds the 200 metres indoor national record of 23.32 seconds.
Angela Bailey first came to international attention at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978. In 1980 she won Gold in both 100 meters and 200 meters at the first Pan Am Juniors Track and Field Championships in Sudbury. Beating the favoured American sprinter Michele Glover decisively in both distances. She won all her races on tour of New Zealand in late 1981; which included three gold medals at the Pacific Conference Games in 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. She placed fourth in the 100 meters and seventh in the 200 meters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and was again fourth in the 100 meters in 1986.
Bailey 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 she placed 5th in the 100 m and seventh in the 200 metres 5th in the 4×100 m relay. At the same event in 1987 she placed seventh in the 100 m.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Bailey came in sixth in the 100 m and the silver medal with the Canadian team, made up of Marita Payne, Angella Taylor-Issajenko and France Gareau. She was selected for the 1980 Olympic team, but Canada boycotted the event.
National titles
- Canadian Track and Field Championships
- 100 metres: 1985, 1990
- 200 metres: 1985
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Canada | |||||
1978 | Commonwealth Games | Edmonton, Canada | semi-final | 100 m | 11.63 |
heats | 200 m | 23.91 | |||
2nd | 4x100 m | 44.26 | |||
1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy | 4th | 4x100 m | 43.06 |
1980 | Pan American Junior Championships | Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | 1st | 100 m | 11.55 |
1st | 200 m | 23.44w | |||
1981 | Pacific Conference Games | Christchurch, New Zealand | 1st | 100 m | 11.46 |
1st | 200m | 23.37 | |||
1st | 4x100m | 44.50 | |||
1982 | Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 4th | 100 m | 11.30 |
8th | 200 m | 23.42 | |||
2nd | 4x100 m | 43.66 | |||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 100 m | 11.20 |
7th | 200 m | 22.93 | |||
5th | 4x100 m | 43.05 | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 6th | 100 m | 11.40 |
semi-final | 200 m | 22.75 | |||
2nd | 4x100 m | 42.77 | |||
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 4th | 100 m | 11.35w |
2nd | 4x100 m | 43.83 | |||
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 3rd | 60 m | 7.12 |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | 100 m | 11.18 | |
semi-final | 200 m | 22.97 | |||
6th | 4x100 m | 43.26 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | 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 team mate 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.