William Bailey

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UCI Track World Championships 1909 in Copenhagen: William Bailey, Karl Neumer , Maurice Schilles (from right to left)
Start of the sprint finals at the World Track Championships in 1913. V. l. To the right: Christel Rode, William Bailey and Harry Ryan

William James Bailey (born April 6, 1888 in London , † January 22, 1971 ) was an English cyclist and four-time amateur world champion in sprinting .

William Bailey was the dominant amateur sprinters in the period before the First World War . He was British champion four times and English champion six times and set several national records.

William Bailey was the amateur sprint world champion four times: 1909 , 1910 , 1911 and 1913. He also won the sprint classic “ Grand Prix de Paris ” four times in a row (1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913) and the Grand Prix de l in 1920 'UVF . After the First World War, Bailey tried a comeback as a professional (until 1930) and in 1920 was able to achieve a third place in the sprint at the World Track Championships .

In 1928, Bailey set a world record of 58 seconds over the half mile on the Herne Hill Velodrome . He also trained the British cycling team in preparation for the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam .

William Bailey was a brother of Sydney Bailey , who also started as a cyclist at World Championships and Olympic Games.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ thepedalclub.org: "William James Bailey" ( Memento of 3 April 2012 at the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Bailey, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bailey, William James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 22nd January 1971