Jade Latoya Bailey (born June 10, 1983) is a

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Jade Bailey
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 28, 2008 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 The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, in ...

. Bailey has competed in several European meetings between 2007 & 2009. Bailey represented Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She competed at the

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sprint and placed second in her first round heat after

Yevgeniya Polyakova Yevgeniya Andreyevna Polyakova () (born 29 May 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Polyakova represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round h ...

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. 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 Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in

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.The Champion, Fenerbahçe
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* 1983 births Living people Barbadian female sprinters Barbadian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Fenerbahçe athletes Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Barbados Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters {{Barbados-athletics-bio-stub