Christopher Bailey (runner)

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Christopher Bailey
Alexander Doom Christopher Bailey Glasgow 2024 (cropped).jpg
Bailey in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-05-29) May 29, 2000 (age 24)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education University of Tennessee '22 BS Kinesiology
University of Arkansas '24 MS Operations Management
Sport
Sport Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 21.58 (Starkville, 2019)
400m: 44.31 (París, 2024)
800m: 1:49.82 (Palo Alto, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 4×400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Glasgow 4×400 m relay

Christopher Bailey (born May 29, 2000) is an American track and field athlete. He has won medals in the Athletics World Championships and World Athletics Indoors Championships in the 4x400 metres relay. [1]

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Early life

From Atlanta, Georgia he attended Carver High School, Mississippi Valley State University, and the University of Tennessee, before attending the University of Arkansas. [2] [3]

Career

In January 2023, Bailey set a new Arkansas Razorbacks College record over 400m of 45:09 to break the previous record of 45:29 set in 2005 by Terry Gatson. [4] Bailey won the NCAA Indoors 4x400m title as part of the Arkansas Razorbacks in March 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [5]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Bailey qualified fastest from the 400m heats. [6] He then reached the final with the fifth fastest time. [7] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8]

He was a silver medalist running the anchor leg for the American 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024. [9]

In April 2024, he was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [10] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, qualifying for the final and placing sixth overall. [11]

Results

YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime
2021 NCAA Indoor Championships Randall Tyson Track Center 4x400m3rd3:04.10
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400mSF3 5th46.83
4x400mSF3 4th3:07.95
US Outdoor Championships 400mH3 7th46.29
2022 NCAA Indoor Championships Birmingham CrossPlex 4x400m5th3:05.89
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 4x400mSF3 3rd3:03.54
2023 NCAA Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400m5th45.32
4x400m1st3:02.09
NCAA Outdoor Championships Mike A. Myers Stadium 400mSF1 4th45.55
4x400m8th3:03.66
US Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400m7th45.25
World Championships National Athletics Centre 4×400 m relay H1 1st2:58.47
2024 US Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400m3rd45.76
World Indoor Championships Commonwealth Arena 4×400 m relay 2nd3:02.60
Olympic Games Stade de France 4×400 m relay 1st2:54.43 OR

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References

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