Ryan Bailey (athlete)

Ryan Bailey
Bailey at the 2012 Olympics
nation	United States
birthday	April 13, 1989
place of birth	Portland , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	98 kg
Career
discipline	100 m , 200 m
Trainer	John Smith
status	active
Medal table
World Relays 1 × 0 × 0 ×
IAAF World Relays gold 2015 Nassau 4 × 100 m
last change: May 23, 2015

Ryan Bailey (born April 13, 1989 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American sprinter . His personal best of 9.88 s makes him the seventh fastest 100 meter runner in the USA.

life and career

Bailey first made a name for himself in 2007 when he won the Oregon State Championships in the 100m and 200m and shortly afterwards came second in the 200m distance at the Nike Outdoor Championships . After graduating from McKay High School in Portland, he began training with John Parks in Salem . In 2008 he was able to improve further, setting a new personal best over 100 m with 10.28 s and he ran the 200 m for the first time under 21 seconds.

In 2009 he started to do athletics as a professional and signed a contract with the supplier Nike . On May 22nd, he again improved his best performance to 10.05 s. On June 7, he took part in a Diamond League meeting for the first time and was ninth with 10.18 s. A year later he took part in the 100 m competitions in Gateshead and New York and ended up in the top four four times over 200 m at Diamond League Meetings. At Weltklasse Zürich on August 19, he finished third with 20.10 seconds behind Wallace Spearmon and Yohan Blake . In Rieti he set a new personal best with 9.88 seconds. In October 2011, Bailey moved to Los Angeles and began training with well-known trainer John Smith .

In the US Trials 2012 he qualified with 9.93 s as third for the Olympic Games in London, where he prevailed against well-known competitors such as Trell Kimmons and Walter Dix . There he made it to the final and missed a podium in fifth: with 9.88 seconds he was the third fastest American behind Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay . Together with Trell Kimmons, Gay and Gatlin , he won the silver medal in the relay competition behind Jamaica with a new national record of 37.04 seconds. Due to a positive doping test of Tyson Gay of the season was the silver medal in May 2015 has been withdrawn . On August 17, he won his first Diamond League meeting with 9.93 seconds: At the DN Galan in Stockholm he crossed the finish line ahead of Nesta Carter and Michael Frater.

The 2013 season was marked by injuries. He played only a few competitions, including the US championships and thus a possible qualification for the World Championships in Moscow . He set his season best of 10.10 s on September 8th in Rieti, he did not contest a 200-meter run for the whole year.

On January 10, 2017, a positive doping test with the prohibited substance dimethylbutylamine was detected at Bailey and then banned for two years on December 2. So he missed a participation in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018.

statistics

Personal best

discipline	Time (s)	place	date
60 m	6.58	Albuquerque , USA	February 27, 2010
100 m	9.88	Rieti , Italy	August 29, 2010
200 m	20.10	Zurich , Switzerland	August 19, 2010

Wind-legal runs under 10 seconds

Notes: times in seconds (s), wind data in meters per second (m / s)

Time (s)	Wind (m / s)	date	place
9.88	0.9	29 Aug 2010	Rieti
9.88	1.5	0Aug 5, 2012	London
9.88	1.5	0Aug 4, 2012	London
9.93	0.7	17th Aug 2012	Stockholm
9.93	1.8	June 24, 2012	Eugene
9.95	1.1	29 Aug 2010	Rieti
9.96	1.0	0Aug 5, 2012	London

Web links

• Ryan Bailey in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Ryan Bailey in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 4x100 meters: world record! Bolt sprints to third gold with relay. on: spiegel.de , August 11, 2012.
2. ↑ USA men's 4 x 100m relay team disqualified from the 2012 London Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee , May 20, 2015, accessed April 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ flash-news-of-the-day. (No longer available online.) In: Leichtathletik.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on April 11, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )