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{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (1962–2021)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Angela Bailey
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| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1962|2|28}}
| birth_place= [[Coventry]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|07|31|1962|2|28}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
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| country = Canada
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
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| event = [[Sprinting]]
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{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100m Relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]] | 60m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|  [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] |4x100 metres}}
{{Medal|Silver|  [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | 4x100 metres}}
{{Medal|Silver|  [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | 4x100 metres}} 
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pacific Conference Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|1981 Christchurch]] | 100 metres}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|1981 Christchurch]] | 200 metres}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|1981 Christchurch]] | 4x100 metres}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1980 Sudbury]] | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|100 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1980 Sudbury]] | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|200 metres]]}}
}}

'''Angela Bailey''' (28 February 1962 – 31 July 2021) was a Canadian [[Track and field|track and field athlete]]. She was the [[Canadian records in track and field|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.<ref name=CBCObit>{{cite news |title= Record-holding Canadian sprinter, Olympic medallist Angela Bailey dies at 59 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/canadian-sprinter-olympic-medallist-angela-bailey-obituary-1.6127288 |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |work=[[CBC News]] |date=2 August 2021 |accessdate=3 August 2021 }}</ref> She won an [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic silver medal]] in the 4×100 metres relay in 1984, three relay silver medals at the [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], and a bronze medal in the 60 metres at the [[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 World Indoor Championships]].

==Career==
Bailey was born in [[Coventry]], [[Warwickshire]], England. She first came to international attention at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978. In 1980, she won gold in both [[100 metres]] and [[200 metres]] at the first Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships in Sudbury, defeating the favoured American sprinter [[Michele Glover]] decisively in both distances. She was selected for the 1980 Olympic team but Canada boycotted the [[1980 Moscow Olympic Games|Moscow event]].

Bailey won all her races on a tour of New Zealand in late 1981, which included three gold medals at the [[Pacific Conference Games]] in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. She placed fourth in the [[100 meters]] and seventh in the [[200 metres]] at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and was again fourth in the [[100 metres]] in 1986. She won a [[silver medal]] for the [[4×100 m relay]] at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]], and did so again in both the [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982]] and [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|1986]] games.

At the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|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 Summer Olympics|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-Issajenko|Angella Taylor]] and [[France Gareau]].

Bailey was a two-time [[All-America]]n for the [[UCLA Bruins track and field]] team, finishing 4th in the 4 × 100 meters relay and 5th in the 4 × 400 meters relay at the [[1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref name="4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=18 |title=4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x1.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x1 |website=[[Track and Field News]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=19 |title=4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x4.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x4 |website=[[Track and Field News]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

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 [[Angella Issajenko]] after the [[Dubin Inquiry]]. She set the Canadian 100 metres record with 10.98 secs on 6 July 1987 in Budapest, and went on to finish seventh in the 100 metres final at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. She was a quarter-finalist in the [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres]] at the [[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.<ref name="CP">{{cite news |title=Canadian Olympian, sprinter Angela Bailey dies |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/record-holding-canadian-sprinter-olympic-medallist-angela-bailey-dies-at-59/ar-AAMRins |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=[[Microsoft News]] |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name=CBCObit/><ref>{{cite news |title= 'AWESOME ATHLETE': Canadian sprint legend Angela Bailey dies |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/canadian-sprint-legend-angela-bailey-has-passed-away |first=Steve |last=Buffery |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> 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."<ref name="CP"/>

==National titles==
*[[Canadian Track and Field Championships]]
**100 metres: 1985, 1990
**200 metres: 1985

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|nation=CAN}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1978
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada
|semi-final
|100 m
|11.63
|-
|heats
|200 m
|23.91
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4x100 m
|44.26
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|rowspan=2|[[Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|100 m
|[[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|11.55]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold| 1st
|200 m
|23.44w
|-
|rowspan=4|1981
|rowspan=3|[[1981 Pacific Conference Games|Pacific Conference Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Christchurch]], New Zealand
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|100 m
|11.46
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|200m
|23.37
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4x100m
|44.50
|-
|[[1981 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|4th
|4x100 m
|43.06
|-
|rowspan=3|1982
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Brisbane, Australia]]
|4th
|100 m
|11.30
|-
|8th
|200 m
|23.42
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4x100 m
|43.66
|-
|rowspan=3|1983
|rowspan=3|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|5th
|100 m
|11.20
|-
|7th
|200 m
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.93]] <small>(wind 1.5)</small>
|-
|5th
|4x100 m
|43.05
|-
|rowspan=3|1984
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Los Angeles, United States]]
|6th
|100 m
|11.40
|-
|semi-final
|200 m
|22.75
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4x100 m
|42.77
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
|4th
|100 m
|11.35w
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4x100 m
|43.83
|-
|rowspan=4|1987
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Indianapolis, United States]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|60 m
|7.12
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Rome, Italy]]
|7th
|100 m
|11.18
|-
|semi-final
|200 m
|22.97
|-
|6th
|4x100 m
|43.26
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|quarter-final
|100 m
|11.29
|-
|semi-final
|4x100 m
|43.82
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|6th
|4x100 m
|43.39
|}
<small>'''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.<br>'''Note:''' At the 1981 World Cup, Bailey was representing the Americas continent.</small>

==See also==
* [[Canadian records in track and field]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14268416}}
* {{Athletics Canada|angela-bailey}}
* {{Team Canada}}
* {{CGF}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060810040052/http://angelabaileyhypnosis.com/ |title=Angela Bailey's Hypnosis practice}}
* [http://www.pinterest.com/ninkimary/ Art by Angela Bailey]

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