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|onderschrift = 
|naam = Donovan Bailey
|bijnaam =
|geboortedatum = 16 december 1967
|geboorteplaats = Manchester - Jamaica
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|lengte = 1,83 m
|gewicht = 82 kg
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|discipline = sprint
|trainer =
|1etitel = Wereldkampioen 100 m 1995
|OS = 1996
|extra = Wereldrecordhouder 50 m indoor + 100 m (1996-1999), Olympisch recordhouder 100&nbsp;m
}}
'''Donovan Bailey''' (Manchester (Canadese sprinter, die is gespecialiseerd op de 100 m. Hij komt oorspronkelijk uit wereldrecord op de 100 m drie jaar in handen.

In 1991 begon Donovan Bailey de 100 m sprint in competitie, maar het duurde nog drie jaar vooraleer hij deze sport serieus zou beoefenen. In die tijd was hij succesvol als beursmakelaar. 

Op de Finse 4 x 100 m estafette won hij een tweede gouden medaille door met zijn teamgenoten Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert en Bruny Surin als eerste in 38,31 te finishen.

Op de Olympische Spelen van 1996 in Maurice Greene naar 9,79. Bailey heeft nog wel het wereldrecord in handen op de 50 meter indoor.

In 1997 won hij zijn derde wereldtitel met het Canadese estafetteteam. In datzelfde jaar liep hij een wedstrijd tegen Michael Johnson over 150 meter in Toronto. De inzet was een prijzengeld van 2 miljoen dollar. Donovan won en was daarmee de snelste man ter wereld. De verdediging die Johnson aanvoerde, was een geblesseerde quadricepsspier.

Wegens een Spelen van 2000. Hierna had hij veel te kampen met blessures en kwam nimmer meer op zijn oude niveau. In 2001 stopte hij met de sport.

Van beroep is hij marketing-consultant.

==Titels==
* Olympisch kampioen 100 m - 1996
* Olympisch kampioen 4 x 100 m - 1996
* Wereldkampioen 100 m - 1995
* Wereldkampioen 4 x 100 m - 1995, 1997
* Canadees kampioen 100 m - 1995, 1997, 2001

==Persoonlijk record==
'''Outdoor'''
{| class="prettytable"
! Onderdeel
! Tijd
! Datum
! Plaats	 	 
|-
| 100 m
| 9,84 (ex-WR)
| 27 juli 1996
| Atlanta
|-
| 150 m
| 15,01
| 29 juni 1997
| Sheffield
|-
| 200 m
| 20,42
| 2 juli 1998
| Luzern
|}

'''Donovan Bailey''' (born Canadian former athlete.

Born in Manchester, sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a successful stockbroker in trades.

==Career==
At the 1995 World Track & Field Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bailey won both the 100 metre sprint and the 4 x 100 metre relay titles.

As a precursor to the centennial Olympics being held in Atlanta, Bailey broke the indoor 50 m world record during a competition in Maurice Greene matched that performance in 1999, but his run was never ratified as a world record. Bailey repeated the "double" at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, setting a world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind in the 100 m (the previous record was set in July 1994 by American Ben Johnson's previous disqualified win at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.  Bailey was the second person to hold all the major titles in the 100 m concurrently (World Champion, Olympic Champion & World Record Holder); Carl Lewis was the first to achieve this feat.

Bailey won a third world title in 1997 with the Canadian relay team, while finishing second in the 100 m behind Maurice Greene. 

After the 1997 season, Bailey ruptured his Achilles tendon during the post season 98; effectively ending his career.  He made a second attempt in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Olympic glory but suffered from pneumonia and dropped out during the rounds. He retired from the sport in 2001, having been a five-time World and Olympic champion.

Bailey's time of 9.84 in Atlanta was the 100 m world record from 1996 until 1999, when it was broken by Greene.  The time also stood as the Commonwealth record from 1996 until 2005, when it was broken by Asafa Powell, and is the current Canadian record (shared with Bruny Surin since 1999). It remains the Olympic record as of 2007.

== Bailey-Johnson 150m race ==

In June 1997, he raced against Michael Johnson in a 150 m race at Toronto's SkyDome in a bid to truly determine who was the world's fastest man. Earlier that year, Johnson began performing television promotions in which he billed himself as "the world's fastest man" as a result of his 200 meters world record, despite the fact that the 100 metres world record holders are traditionally given that unofficial title.  Bailey initially refused to take part, stated that "the world's fastest man was decided in Atlanta".

Bailey won $2 million for winning the race, in which Johnson pulled up at the 100 m mark with an injured quadriceps muscle. Fans at the event booed Johnson for what appeared dropping out while Bailey was ahead of him past the 100 meter mark.

==After racing==