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Aleen Bailey (born November 25, 1980, in Saint Mary) 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.
At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won (together with Daniele Browning, Sherone Simpson and Veronica Campbell) a silver medal.
Bailey trains in Columbia, South Carolina under Curtis Frye.
Bailey is the sister of the reggae star Capleton.
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| Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m relay |
1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane 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 Ciepły, Irena Szewińska, Halina Górecka & 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 Göhr, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Wöckel
1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr
1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford
1988 United States Alice 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 |
