Kemar Bailey-Cole

Kemar Bailey-Cole
Personal information
Born (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992
St. Catherine, Jamaica
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprints
Coached byGlen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 9.92 (London 2015)
200 m: 20.66 (Kingston 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Moscow4 × 100 m relay
World Relay Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Nassau4 × 100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Glasgow100 m
Gold medal – first place2014 Glasgow4 × 100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal – first place2009 Vieux Fort4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2010 George Town4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2011 Montego Bay4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2011 Montego Bay100 m
Bronze medal – third place2009 Vieux Fort100 m

Kemar Bailey-Cole (born 10 January 1992) is a retired track and field athlete from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the 100 m. He is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion in the 100 metres.

Career

He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics running a personal best 10.00 sec at the Jamaican Olympic trials over 100 m coming 5th earning him a spot on the 4 × 100 relay for Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He later improved his time to 9.97 in Brussels on 7 September 2012. He is coached by Glen Mills who also coaches Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. In 2013 he once again improved his 100 m personal best to 9.96 seconds. In the 100 m final of the 2013 Jamaican National Championships, Bailey-Cole finished the race in 9.98 seconds, second only to Usain Bolt's 9.94, despite a 1.5 m/s headwind, where he earned a qualification to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. He set a personal best in the semi-final of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics of 9.93 seconds where he came second to teammate Nickel Ashmeade, however he could only manage 4th in the final, just outside the medal positions.[1]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bailey-Cole ran the 100 m final in 10.00 seconds to take the gold medal,[2] beating England's Adam Gemili who took silver, and fellow countryman Nickel Ashmeade who took bronze. He was also part of the Jamaican team who won the 4 × 100 m relay in a Games record.[3]

He was a part of the Jamaican relay team which won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, running only in the heats.

Personal bests

Event Time Venue Date
100 m 9.92 London, United Kingdom 24 July 2015
200 m 20.83 Kingston, Jamaica 19 May 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.09 PB (+2.0m/s) 100m Jamaica ..." trackalerts.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "England's Gemili takes 100m silver". BBC Sport.
  3. ↑ "Athletics 4 x 100m Relay - Men Glasgow 2014 | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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