Aleen Bailey
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nation | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | November 25, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Saint Mary Parish | ||||||||||||||||||
size | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | 100 m , 200 m , 4 × 100 m | ||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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last change: August 17, 2012 |
Aleen Bailey (born November 25, 1980 in Saint Mary Parish ) is a Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion .
Life
She grew up with four siblings in Baccaswood, St. Mary. Even in elementary school, a teacher - and television pictures of Merlene Ottey's successes - aroused her interest in athletics. Bailey then attended Vere Technical High School before studying sociology at the University of South Carolina . Her half-brother Capleton is a well-known reggae singer.
The sprinter won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville with the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay . In 2001 she became the Jamaican 100 and 200 meter champion . At the 2003 World Championships in Paris, she was sixth in the 100-meter run.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she won the team gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay along with her teammates Tayna Lawrence , Sherone Simpson and Veronica Campbell . She was fifth in the 100-meter run and fourth in the 200-meter run.
The following year she won the silver medal with the relay at the World Championships in Helsinki and in 2007 at the World Championships in Osaka , she was sixth in the 200-meter run . At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , Bailey finished eighth over 100 meters. With the season in the cast Simone Facey , Shelly-Ann Fraser , Aleen Bailey and Kerron Stewart , she won the world title in 42.06 s.
Personal bests
- 60 m (hall): 7.18 s, February 12, 2012, Karlsruhe
- 100 m: 11.04 s, 23 July 2004, Birmingham
- 200 m: 22.33 s, August 24, 2004, Athens
Web links
- Aleen Bailey in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Brief portrait on the University of South Carolina Athletic Team website
Footnotes
- ↑ The Jamaican Observer: Inside Aleen Bailey's world ( Memento from February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Bailey, Aleen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican sprinter and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Mary Parish |