Ryan Bailey (athlete)
Bailey after the relay silver at 2012 Olympics
Ryan Bailey ( born April 13, 1989 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sprinter. His personal best of 9.88 s makes it the seventh- fastest 100-meter runners in the United States.
Life and career
Bailey first drew attention to himself in 2007 when he won the Oregon State Championships over 100 meters and 200 meters, and shortly thereafter came to the finish of the 200 - meter distance in second at the Nike Outdoor Championships. After graduating from McKay High School in Portland, he began to train with John Parks in Salem. In 2008 he was able to continue to improve, presented with a new personal best 10.28 s to about 100 m and the 200 m he ran for the first time under 21 seconds.
In 2009, he began athletics as a professional to operate and signed a contract with the supplier Nike. On May 22, he again improved his best performance to 10.05 s On June 7, he first participated at a Diamond League meeting and was charged with 10.18 s ninth. A year later, he participated on the 100 m at the competitions in Gateshead and New York and landed about 200 meters at the Diamond League meetings four times in the top four. When world-class Zurich on 19 August, he was third with 20.10 s behind Wallace Spearmon and Yohan Blake. In Rieti he set a 9.88 s to a new personal best. In October 2011, Bailey moved to Los Angeles and started training with the renowned coach John Smith.
At the U.S. Trials in 2012, he qualified in third with 9.93 s for the Olympic Games in London, where he prevailed against big-name competitors such as Trell Kimmons and Walter Dix. There he made it to the finals and missed a podium finish in fifth: With 9.88 s he was behind Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay the third fastest American. Together with Trell Kimmons, Gay and Gatlin, he won with a new national record of 37.04 s behind Jamaica the silver medal in the relay competition. On August 17 he won with 9.93 s his first Diamond League meeting: In the DN Galan in Stockholm, he came to finish ahead of Nesta Carter and Michael Frater.
The 2013 season was marked by injuries. He played only a few tournaments, missed among others, the U.S. Championships and thus a possible qualification for the World Championships in Moscow. His season best of 10.10 s he put on 8 September in Rieti, he played a 200 -meter run not the whole year.
Statistics
Personal best
Wind -legal runs under 10 seconds
Notes: The time in seconds (s ), wind data in meters per second (m / s)