Ryan Neville Bayley

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(born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional

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and double Olympic gold medallist.

Biography

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Bayley started competitive cycling in 1997 at fifteen years of age. He is a member of the Albany Cycling Club and employed by the

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. Bayley won gold medals for the Sprint and Team Sprint track cycling events at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester. His greatest success as a track cyclist came in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, where he won

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s in the

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and Keirin events. Following Bayley's failure to win a medal at the World Cup round in

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in December 2007, he was criticized by

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, the national coach, for not developing his tactics. He was still employing the same final kick which achieved success in Athens, the opposition had learnt to attack early to counter this. In February 2008, tension was brewing between Bayley and his rival for Olympic selection, Shane Perkins. Both were deemed by the judges to be riding improperly at the Australian National Track Championships. Bayley crashed when Perkins moved down on him during a race, burning a hole in the back of his skinsuit. The relationship between the two riders was given another dimension, when Perkins announced his engagement to Bayley's younger sister,

Kristine Bayley Kristine Bayley (born 22 June 1983 in Perth) is an Australian professional track cyclist. Her brother, Ryan Bayley, is also a professional cyclist. Her engagement to Shane Perkins, another international track cyclist, was announced in spring ...

. Bayley was finally selected to ride at the

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in Beijing, as Perkins had not competed in any Team Sprint events. Bayley qualified in 12th place in the sprint event and eventually finished 11th, he was eliminated from the Keirin in the second round, placing 8th overall; he blamed himself for poor tactics. Bayley was also a member of the Team Sprint squad along with Daniel Ellis and Mark French, they qualified for the final ride-off for the bronze medal. After a strong start, they faded and finished fourth, missing out on a medal by 0.008 of a second. Bayley now lives in Brisbane with his wife and their two children.

Awards and honours

Bayley was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include: *2000 Male Junior Cyclist of the Year *2000 Australian Male Junior Track Cyclist of the Year *2001 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year *2004 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year *2004 Australian Cyclist of the Year *2015 Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee *2016 -

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Major results

;2000 :1st Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior :1st Team Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior ;2001 :1st Keirin, UCI Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Keirin, Moscow (RUS) :2nd Team Sprint, Moscow (RUS) ;2002 :1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Manchester :1st Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Manchester ;2003 :3rd Team Sprint, Cape Town (RSA) :2nd Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney :3rd Keirin, Sydney (AUS) :2nd Team Sprint, Sydney (AUS) ;2004 :3rd Sprint, World Track Championships : gold medal olympic

Sprint, Olympic Games : gold medal olympic

Keirin, Olympic Games ;2005 :1st Sprint, Oceania Games, Wanganui :1st Keirin, Oceania Games, Wanganui ;2006 :3rd Team Sprint, Los Angeles (US) :3rd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide :1st Keirin, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne :1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne :3rd Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne :3rd Team Sprint, World Track Championships, Bordeaux :2nd Keirin, World Cup, Sydney ;2007 :1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney :3rd Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney :3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Manchester :1st Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships, Invercargill :2nd Keirin, European Track Championships, Invercargill :1st Team Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships, Invercargill :1st Team Sprint, Sydney (AUS) ;2008 :3rd Keirin, World Cup, Los Angeles

References

External links

Australian Cycling Federation Profile
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