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 Donovan Bailey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donovan Bailey with one of his Olympic gold medals.
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a former Canadian athlete.
Donovan Bailey still holds the indoor world record in the 50 metres (5.56, in Reno, Nevada, in 1996), and the Olympic, Commonwealth and Canadian records for the 100 metres
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bailey Donovan
Bailey, Donovan (1967-), Canadian sprinter who became the “world’s fastest man” in 1996 when he set a record time of 9.84 sec in the 100 m at the...
Donovan was owned and bred by William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, the owner of 11...
Donovan was one of a small group of young working-class men from the East End of London who, in...
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 CNNSI.com - Athletics - Gold-medal sprinter Bailey convicted of speeding - Tuesday June 12, 2001 12:49 AM
Bailey, 33, was convicted Monday of driving his Mercedes-Benz 200 kph (120 mph) Nov. 24 on a road with a 100 kph (63 mph) speed limit.
Bailey, who was in Italy at a track meet and did not appear in court, was fined $975 Canadian ($640 U.S.).
In 1998, Bailey was fined $200 Canadian ($130 U.S.) for failing to report an accident that destroyed his Mercedes in 1997.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2001/06/11/bailey_speeding_ap   (286 words)

  
 The Donovan Bailey World Wide WebSite
Donovan Bailey has recently attended a couple of press conferences and has given insight into his recovering from injury as well as his track plans for the coming year and beyond.
Bailey says he is convinced he can return from his ruptured achilles tendon injury in time to race at the Pan-Am Games, get back on top and stay on top through the Sydney Olympics and through to the 2001 World Track and Field Championships in Edmonton.
Bailey has undergone a number of injuries and hasn't been at his prime this year, though he still has been running better than the average sprinter.
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 Donavon Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Donovan Bailey began running for Canada in 1994.
Bailey continued to shine in Athens, as the anchor of gold medal winning 4x100 relay team, also bringing the Americans winning streak to an end.
On Monday, August 06, 2001 Donovan Bailey said goodbye to track for good and retired at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton after finishing sixth in his 100-metre semifinal at the world championships.
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 Donovan Bailey Biography
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Canadian athlete.
Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation.
He repeated that double at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, setting a world record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m (the previous record was set in July 1994 by American Leroy Burrell at 9.9 seconds).
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 Donovan Bailey
Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Donovan Bailey arrived in Canada at age 13.
Donovan also generously gives his time to many other charities and has recently created the Donovan Bailey Foundation committed to the advancement and financial assistance of Canada's most talented amateur athletes, so that they too may have an opportunity to achieve Gold.
Donovan is also an inspirational speaker, passionate about the world of amateur sport and athletes and what can be accomplished through hard work and dedication.
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 Donovan Bailey Fan Page
Donovan Bailey was involved in a car crash today when he slid on some fl ice.
Authorities have charged him with careless driving and failure to remain at the scene of the accident.
Off the track, Donovan owns a stock-broking, management and construction company with one of his four brothers.
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 Donovan Bailey - The Athlete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Donovan became a member of the Canadian National Team in 1991 while competing on a part-time basis.
Today, Donovan Bailey, while nestled in the heart of the business community, still holds the world record in the 50metres, and the Olympic, Commonwealth and Canadian records for the 100metres.
Donovan also generously gives his time to many other charities and has recently created the Donovan Bailey Fund, committed to the advancement and financial assistance of Canada's most talented amateur athletes, so that they too may have an opportunity to achieve Gold.
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 Donovan Bailey Biography / Biography of Donovan Bailey Sports Stars Biography
Bailey followed his individual victory by leading the Canadian 400-meter relay team to an upset win over the United States.
A national hero in his adopted country, Bailey's triumphs show it is never too late to go for your dream.
Donovan Bailey was born December 16, 1967, in Manchester, Jamaica.
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 The Donovan Bailey WWWsite - NewsCenter
Bailey says he is very capable of running under 10 seconds now, but he woke up at 8 that morning and usually trains in the afternoon.
The only sad part was that Donovan Bailey didn't use them at the Olympics, because he required a special style we didn't have at the time," said David Grant, president of Omni-Lite Industries Inc., which developed the lightweight spikes from a composite of aluminum and alumina.
Bailey states his reason for backing the Johnson ban, "He broke the rules once and he was given a second chance.
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 CTV.ca | Donovan Bailey charged with speeding
Bailey's lawyer will be in court early next month for the setting of a trial date.
Bailey won the 100-metre gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and also anchored Canada's victorious 400-metre relay team.
He suffered slight neck and shoulder injuries and was fined $200 for failing to report the accident.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025814783894_21223983   (157 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports: 2000 Summer Games: Donovan Bailey
  SYDNEY -- Donovan Bailey is too weak and sick to run for the men's 4x100-metre relay team, but he's not too ill to party.
Surin has an injured hamstring and Bailey has been floored with a viral infection.
 SYDNEY -- Donovan Bailey was about 50 metres down the track when he pulled the parachute and officially ended an era.
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 Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey is back and ready to take on the world.
Bailey’s time, 9.98, was run into a -0.7 wind was the 2nd fastest 100m time this year.
Donovan Bailey continued his climb back into the world's top sprinting rankings with his first race of the season here in Martinique running 10.03 for the 100m with a +2.5 wind.
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 Track & Field: Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey heads to his second Olympic Games in Sydney amid concerns-mostly from his fans -- after suffering a small tear of a hamstring muscle at a race in Stockholm.
Apparently the injury is not serious and he should be fully recovered in time for the Games.
He also overcame an adductor muscle injury 10 days before the '96 Games in Atlanta, coming back to win the gold medal in a world-record time of 9.84 seconds.
www.canoe.ca /2000GamesBiosA2M/bailey.html   (257 words)

  
 Metabolic Diet Clients: Donovan Bailey
When Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey looks back upon his illustrious career, the two gold medals he captured at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics won't be his most cherished memory.
Donovan Bailey has won a lot battles during his career, but even he knows he's now in a fight he can't win.
It was the fourth and final Canadian title for the Olympic gold medallist and former world record holder, but even he admitted his time of 10.24 seconds was a long ways from his glory days.
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 Donovan Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Although Donovan was very talented, he wasn't the only talent in his family.
Donovan was on his way to the top.
Donovan Bailey isn't finish making a difference in the world.
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 The Donovan Bailey Home Page
  Double gold medallist Donovan Bailey left the Olympic city early yesterday for his training base in Austin, Texas, where he'll remain for about three days of work.
Bailey proved to be the calm in the eye of the storm
Aug 1995: Donovan Bailey has quietly become one of the world's fastest men
www.canoe.ca /OlympicsCanadaBailey/home.html   (150 words)

  
 Donovan Bailey - Famous Canadian Athlete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation.
In June of 1997 he raced against Michael Johnson in a 150m race at Toronto's Skydome (now Rogers Centre), in a bid to truly determine who was the world's fastest man. He won $1.5 million for winning that race, in which Michael Johnson pulled out of at the 100m with a pulled quadricep.
Donovan Bailey still holds the indoor world record in the 50 metres (5.56, in Reno, Nevada, in 1996), and the Olympic, Commonwealth and Canadian records for the 100 metres1.
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 Donovan Bailey
Bailey, Donovan - Bailey, Donovan track Birthplace: Canada Born: 12/16/67 Information Please® Database, ©...
Sounds Like a Broken Record - Donovan Bailey (right) leads Michael Johnson by a smidgen as the two come of the turn at their 1997...
Donovan Bailey scorches 100 meters in record time.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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 Donovan Bailey: The World's Fastest Man
In a magnificent blend of explosive power and awesome athleticism, Donovan Bailey confirmed what everyone in the world already knew—this was “The World’s Fastest Man”.
Donovan also created the Donovan Bailey Foundation, committed to the advancement and financial assistance of Canada’s most talented amateur athletes.
Donovan is an inspirational speaker, passionate about the world of amateur sport and what can be accomplished through hard work and dedication.
www.speakers.ca /bailey_donovan.aspx   (144 words)

  
 Donovan Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Donovan was born in Manchester, Jamaica on December 16,1967.1 After when he came to Canada as a teenager his game was basketball not track.
Later in 1994 when Donovan was 26, he was watching the Canadian Track Championships and he thought to himself “I can run faster than that” and he could.
In Donovan’s early life he came to Canada as a teenager (when he was 13), his game was basketball not track.
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 Athletics- Donovan Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Donovan Bailey was born on 16th December of 1967, in Manchester of Jamaica.
He moved to Canada in 1981 and competes with the colours of the North American country since then.
Bailey won 1,5 million $ for running and winning that race.
www.athletix.org /Athletes/BioBailey.htm   (159 words)

  
 Donovan Bailey News - The New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Donovan Bailey wins 100-meter sprint at Gaz de France track and field meet in Paris; Marion Jones sets meet record of 10.88 seconds in women's 100 and she wins long jump
Donovan Bailey, running on sore left foot, is beaten by Chile's Sebastian Keitel in 100-meter race in southern Brazil
Donovan Bailey, world record-holder in 100-meter dash, escapes injury when he loses control of his Mercedes and hits concrete pole in Ontario
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 Donovan Bailey
But thereupon the World Champion closed the gap, overtook the pair and clinched his second 'major' with Fredericks runner-up ahead of Boldon.
After crossing the line Donovan was able to see that his victory was further enhanced by the fact he had just shaved a tenth of a second off the World record of 9.85 set by Leroy Burrell in Lausanne on 6th July 1994.
The year before the Canadian quartet of Esmie, Gilbert, Surin and Bailey had won the World title but without the USA competing - this victory confirmed their status as the champions.
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 Donovan Bailey
Donovan first came to Canada at the age of 13; in school, he excelled in both sports and academic curriculum.
But, to get back to our main focal point, Donovan began training in 1991, not knowing that two years later he would win his first World championship, followed by two other victories in 1995.
This was just the beginning, as Donovan won two Gold Medals at the Olympics in Atlanta, where he also set an Olympic record in the 100m, with a time of 9.84 seconds.
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 Donovan Bailey
Donovan had many triumphs in his life, many titles and many fans of his heroic happenings.
Donovan won the 100m races in world record time (9.84).
This is Donovan’s Personal Best: 50 metres indoor 5.56 (World Record) 100 metres 9.84, Olympic (Canadian Record), 200 metres 20.39,20.14w (Personal Best) and 4 by 100m relay 37.69(Canadian Record).
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 1996 Atlanta: Donovan Bailey - Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000 - CBC Archives
But Canadians are setting their sights on their Donovan Bailey.
Journalist Michael Farber quoted Bailey as saying, "Canada is as blatantly racist as the United States.
• As of June 2004, Donovan Bailey was the President and CEO of DBX Sport Management, a scouting and recruiting firm.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1344-8116/sports/olympics_summer/clip10   (381 words)

  
 Donovan Bailey - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Its too bad that he injured his achilles tendon, because with his absence nobody was able to challange Maurice Greene who has dominated the 100m dash for 5 years.
I would have gave Donovan Bailey 5 stars but he was just too inconsistant.
Anyone that has speed like Donovan Bailey is considered one of the fastest human beings.
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 Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey was 23 years old before he broke 11secs for the 100 metres and it was not until 1994 that he made his mark on the world ranking lists when he was placed 22nd with a time of 10.03secs.
That year saw him win his first gold medal when Canada won the 4 x 100metres at the Commonwealth Games.
Christie actually beat Bailey five times in their nine contests but not, of course, when it really mattered.
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