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Born | Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada | 21 November 1947
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 m relay |
Medal record |
Marjorie Bailey (née Turner; born 21 November 1947) is a Canadian sprinter.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics she competed in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres. She made the semi-final round in both events. She ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 100 metre relay, which placed fourth and set a Canadian and Commonwealth record of 43.17. [1]
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games, and finished fourth in the 200 metres. [1]
She finished fourth in the 200 metres, and sixth in the 100 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.
She was a descendant of black Loyalists (escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin who, in the 1780s, fled to Canada from America). [2]
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