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Ryan Bailey

Olympian 2012

Athlete Bio 

Height

6’4”

Age

36

Hometown

Salem

Education

Rend Lake Community College


Olympic Experience
  • 1-time Olympian
    • Olympic Games London 2012, 0th (4 x 100m Relay - Men), 4th (100m - Men)
Career Highlights
  • 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 3rd (100-meter)
  • 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, 3rd (100-meter)
  • 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, 7th (200-meter)

Fun Facts: Bailey, who is the youngest of eight children, first stepped onto to a track as a sophomore, but his career was abbreviated due to injuries and poor grades ... Father of a baby boy, Tyree, an experience he says is "probably one of the best things that ever happened to me" ... He spent one year out of school entirely, working with his high school and current coach, John Parks, and spent half a year at Rend Lake College College in Illinois, where he won junior college national titles

Learn more: 
USA Track and Field



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