Kemar Bailey-Cole

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

Kemar Bailey-Cole
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
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(s)Sprints
Coached byGlen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 9.92 (London 2015)
200 m: 20.66 (Kingston 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
2012 London 4×100 m relay
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
World Championships
2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay
World Relay Championships
2015 Nassau4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow100 m
2014 Glasgow4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
2009 Vieux Fort 4×100 m relay
2010 George Town 4×100 m relay
2011 Montego Bay 4×100 m relay
2011 Montego Bay 100 m
2009 Vieux Fort 100 m

Career

He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics running a personal best 10.00 sec at the Jamaican Olympic trials over 100m 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 September 7, 2012. He is coached by Glen Mills who also coaches Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. In 2013 he once again improved his 100m personal best to 9.96 seconds. In the 100m 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 of 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 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 20.66 Kingston, Jamaica 14 March 2015

References
  1. "Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.09 PB (+2.0m/s) 100m Jamaica ..." trackalerts.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28533169


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