Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey

OC OOnt

Donovan Bailey in Cologne, 1997
Personal information
Birth name	Donovan Anthony Bailey
Nationality	Jamaican-Canadian
Born	(1967-12-16) December 16, 1967 (age 56) Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	50 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 150 metres, 200 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Canada Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 3 1 0 Commonwealth Games 1 0 0 Goodwill Games 0 1 0 Pan American Games 0 2 0 Jeux de la Francophonie 1 1 0 Total 7 5 0 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 100 m 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 100 m 1995 Gothenburg 4 × 100 m relay 1997 Athens 4 × 100 m relay 1997 Athens 100 m Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 4 × 100 m relay Goodwill Games 1998 New York 4 × 100 m relay Pan American Games 1991 Havana 4 × 100 m relay 1999 Winnipeg 4 × 100 m relay Jeux de la Francophonie 1994 Paris 4 x 100 m relay 1994 Paris 100 m

Donovan Bailey OC^[1] OOnt^[2] (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter. He once held the world record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to become Olympic champion in 1996. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran 12.10 m/s (43.6 km/h; 27.1 mph) in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded by a human at the time.^[3] He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 as an individual athlete and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.^[4] In 2005, he was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.^[5]