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Barbadian sprinter (born 1983)
This article is about the Barbadian track and field athlete. For the Jamaican footballer, see
Jade Bailey (footballer)
.
Jade Latoya Bailey
(born June 10, 1983) is a
track and field
sprint athlete
who competes internationally for
Barbados
.
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Bailey lives in Barbados and is coached by Keith Thornhill.
She won the bronze medal in 200 metres at the
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
. Bailey has competed in several European meetings between 2007 & 2009.
Bailey represented
Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in
Beijing
. She competed at the
100 metres
sprint and placed second in her first round heat after
Yevgeniya Polyakova
in a time of 11.24 seconds. She qualified for the second round but was eliminated not qualifying for the semi-finals as her time of 11.67 was the eighth time of her race.
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In 2009, she represented Barbados at the IAAF World Championships in the 200m event in which she holds the
national record
of 22.91 seconds.
She is a member of the
Fenerbahce S.K.
athletics club in
Turkey
.
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