Kemar Bailey-Cole

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Kemar Bailey-Cole
Personal information
Born (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33)
St. Catherine, Jamaica
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Sprints
Coached by Glen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 9.92 (London 2015)
200 m: 20.66 (Kingston 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Moscow 4 × 100 m relay
World Relay Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Glasgow 4 × 100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Vieux Fort 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 George Town 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Montego Bay 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Montego Bay100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 Vieux Fort100 m

Kemar Bailey-Cole (born 10 January 1992) is a retired track and field athlete from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the 100 m. He is the 2014 Commonwealth Games 100 metres champion.

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Career

He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics running a personal best 10.00 sec at the Jamaican Olympic trials over 100 m coming 5th earning him a spot on the 4 × 100 relay for Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He later improved his time to 9.97 in Brussels on 7 September 2012. He is coached by Glen Mills who also coaches Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. In 2013 he once again improved his 100 m personal best to 9.96 seconds. In the 100 m final of the 2013 Jamaican National Championships, Bailey-Cole finished the race in 9.98 seconds, second only to Usain Bolt's 9.94, despite a 1.5 m/s headwind, where he earned a qualification to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. He set a personal best in the semi-final of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics of 9.93 seconds where he came second to teammate Nickel Ashmeade, however he could only manage 4th in the final, just outside the medal positions. [1]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bailey-Cole ran the 100 m final in 10.00 seconds to take the gold medal, [2] beating England's Adam Gemili who took silver, and fellow countryman Nickel Ashmeade who took bronze. He was also part of the Jamaican team who won the 4 × 100 m relay in a Games record. [3]

He was a part of the Jamaican relay team which won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, running only in the heats.

Personal bests

EventTimeVenueDate
100 m9.92London, United Kingdom24 July 2015
200 m20.83Kingston, Jamaica19 May 2012

References

  1. "Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.09 PB (+2.0m/s) 100m Jamaica ..." trackalerts.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. "England's Gemili takes 100m silver". BBC Sport.
  3. "Athletics 4 x 100m Relay - Men Glasgow 2014 | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.