Aleen Bailey

Aleen May Bailey (born 25 November 1980) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 m.[1]

Aleen Bailey

Bailey at "Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern" 2012
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Berlin4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2005 Helsinki4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1999 Seville4x100 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x100 m relay
World Athletics Final
Silver medal – second place2004 Monte Carlo100 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 Monte Carlo200 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place1996 San Salvador 4x400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Gold medal – first place1996 San Salvador 100 m
Gold medal – first place1996 San Salvador 200 m
Gold medal – first place1996 San Salvador 4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Under 20s)
Gold medal – first place1997 Bridgetown 200 m
Gold medal – first place1997 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place1998 Port of Spain 100 m
Gold medal – first place1998 Port of Spain 200 m
Gold medal – first place1998 Port of Spain 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place1999 Fort-de-France 100 m
Gold medal – first place1999 Fort-de-France 200 m
Silver medal – second place1997 Bridgetown 100 m
CARIFTA Games (Under 17s)
Gold medal – first place1996 Kingston 100 m
Gold medal – first place1996 Kingston 200 m
Gold medal – first place1996 Kingston 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place1995 George Town 100 m

Career

She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team. Bailey trains in Columbia, South Carolina under Curtis Frye and is the sister of the reggae star Capleton.

Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College.

In the 2003 NCAA Outdoor track and field championships, Bailey won the 100 and 200 meters, both times defeating heavily favored Muna Lee of LSU. She was also a member of the 4 × 100 m championship team at the 2002 outdoor championships.

Bailey competed for her native Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th in the 100 meters and 4th at the 200 meters. She teamed with 200 m champion Veronica Campbell, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 × 100 m relay.

At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won (together with Daniele Browning, Sherone Simpson and Veronica Campbell-Brown) a silver medal. At the 2007 Pan American Games she finished fifth in the 200 m and won a gold medal in relay.

Bailey represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Veronica Campbell-Brown. In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay's time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[1]

Personal bests

Her personal bests are:
100 m: 11.04
200 m: 22.33

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1995CARIFTA Games (U-17)George Town, Cayman Islands3rd100 m12.10   (0.2 m/s)
4th200 m24.46   (0.2 m/s)
1996CARIFTA Games (U-17)Kingston, Jamaica1st100 m11.85
1st200 m24.88   (-5.1 m/s)
CARIFTA Games (U-20)1st4 × 100 m relay44.24
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)San Salvador, El Salvador1st100 m11.75   (0.7 m/s)
1st200 m24.50
1st4 × 100 m relay46.31
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)1st4 × 400 m relay3:41.99
World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia10th (sf)200 m24.33
2nd4 × 100 m relay44.26
1997CARIFTA Games (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados2nd100 m11.60   (0.0 m/s)
1st200 m23.65   (0.9 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay45.27
1998CARIFTA Games (U-20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st100 m11.37
1st200 m23.16   (2.4 m/s) w
1st4 × 100 m relay44.97
World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France3rd4 × 100 m relay44.61
1999CARIFTA Games (U-20)Fort-de-France, Martinique1st100 m11.60   (-0.8 m/s)
1st200 m23.39   (1.6 m/s)
Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada1st4 × 100 m relay42.62
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd4 × 100 m relay42.15 SB
2000NACAC U-25 ChampionshipsMonterrey, Mexico2nd100m11.66 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
1st200m23.47 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada7th (h)200 m23.70   (0.2 m/s)
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France6th100 m11.07   (0.9 m/s)
2nd (h)200 m22.98   (-0.4 m/s)
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5th100 m11.05   (-0.1 m/s)
4th200 m22.42   (0.8 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay41.73 NR
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5th (sf)100 m11.23   (0.4 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay41.99 SB
2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th200 m23.09   (-0.6 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay43.58
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th200 m22.72   (1.7 m/s)
2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia4th100 m11.43   (1.2 m/s)
6th200 m23.34   (0.3 m/s)
Olympic GamesBeijing, China1st (h)4 × 100 m relay42.24 SB
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany8th100 m11.16   (0.1 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay42.06
2013Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico3rd100 m11.34   (+0.1 m/s)
2nd200 m23.08   (-0.6 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay43.58

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