Angela Bailey

Angela Bailey
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	28 February 1962; Sprinting
Medal record
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
World Indoor Championships
Commonwealth Games
Pacific Conference Games
Pan American Junior Championships

Angela Bailey (28 February 1962 – 31 July 2021) was a Canadian

Canadian record holder in the 100 metres with her personal best of 10.98 seconds in 1987. She also holds the 200 metres indoor national record with 23.32 seconds in 1984.^[1] She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay in 1984, three relay silver medals at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships

.

Career

Bailey was born in

Moscow event

.

Bailey won all her races on a tour of New Zealand in late 1981, which included three gold medals at the

4×100 m relay at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, and did so again in both the 1982 and 1986

games.

At the 1983 World Championships, Bailey placed fifth in the 100 metres, seventh in the 200 metres and fifth in the 4×100 m relay. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, she came in sixth in the 100 metres and won a silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay with Marita Payne, Angella Taylor and France Gareau.

Originally fourth in the 60 metres final at the 1987 World Indoor Championships, Bailey was promoted to the bronze medal in 1989, due to the disqualification of Canadian team-mate

1988 Seoul Olympics

.

Death

Diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in the fall of 2020, Bailey died of cancer in Toronto on 31 July 2021, aged 59.^[2]^[1]^[3] A statement from the family read, in part, that Bailey "persevered with amazing strength and resilience as she battled cancer alongside her five year struggle with mental illness."^[2]

National titles

Canadian Track and Field Championships
- 100 metres: 1985, 1990
- 200 metres: 1985

International competitions

Representing Canada
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1978	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	semi-final	100 m	11.63
			heats	200 m	23.91
			2nd	4x100 m	44.26
1980	Pan American Junior Championships	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	1st	100 m	11.55
1980	Pan American Junior Championships	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	1st	200 m	23.44w
1981	Pacific Conference Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	1st	100 m	11.46
			1st	200m	23.37
			1st	4x100m	44.50
	World Cup	Rome, Italy	4th	4x100 m	43.06
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	4th	100 m	11.30
			8th	200 m	23.42
			2nd	4x100 m	43.66
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	100 m	11.20
			7th	200 m	22.93 (wind 1.5)
			5th	4x100 m	43.05
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	6th	100 m	11.40
			semi-final	200 m	22.75
			2nd	4x100 m	42.77
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	4th	100 m	11.35w
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd	4x100 m	43.83
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	60 m	7.12
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	7th	100 m	11.18
			semi-final	200 m	22.97
			6th	4x100 m	43.26
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	quarter-final	100 m	11.29
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	semi-final	4x100 m	43.82
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	4x100 m	43.39

Note: At the 1987 World Indoor Championships, Bailey originally finished fourth. She was promoted to the bronze medal position in 1989 after her Canadian teammate

Angella Issajenko

, who had won the silver medal, was disqualified after admitting long term drug use at the Dubin Inquiry.
Note: At the 1981 World Cup, Bailey was representing the Americas continent.