Aleen Bailey
Aleen Bailey (born November 25, 1980, in St. Mary, Jamaica) is a track and field sprint specialist competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team.
Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College.
In the 2003 NCAA Outdoor track and field championships, Bailey won the 100 meters and 200 meters, both times defeating heavily favored Muna Lee of LSU. She was also a member of the 4 x 100 meter championship team at the 2002 outdoor championships.
Bailey competed for her native Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th in the 100 meters and 4th at the 200 meters. She teamed with 200 meter champion Veronica Campbell, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 x 100 meter relay.
Bailey trains in Columbia, South Carolina under Curtis Frye.
External link
- Bailey's biography at uscsports.com (http://uscsports.collegesports.com/sports/w-track/mtt/bailey_aleen00.html)
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 4x100 m relay |
| 1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Florence Bell & Myrtle Cook 1932 United States Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina Von Bremen 1936 United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens 1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen 1952 United States Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy 1956 Australia Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert 1960 United States Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph 1964 Poland Teresa Wieczorek, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Richter & Ewa Kłobukowska 1968 United States Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus 1972 West Germany Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl 1976 East Germany Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Eckert 1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr 1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford 1988 United StatesAlice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford 1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence 1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence 2000 Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis & Debbie Ferguson 2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell |