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{{short description|Jamaican-Canadian sprinter (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Donovan Bailey
| honorific_suffix = {{postnom|country=CAN|OC|OOnt|size=100%}}
| image = Asv-koeln-1997-donovan-bailey.jpg
| image_size = 200px<!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| caption = Donovan Bailey in Cologne, 1997
| birth_name = Donovan Anthony Bailey
| nationality = Jamaican-Canadian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|16}}
| birth_place = [[Manchester Parish]], [[Jamaica]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 90 kg
| sport = [[Running]]
| event = [[50 metres]], [[60 metres]], [[100 metres]], [[150 metres]], [[200 metres]]
| club = 
| collegeteam = 
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Canada}} }}
{{MedalCount
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|2|0|0
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]|3|1|0
|[[Commonwealth Games]]|1|0|0
|[[Goodwill Games]]|0|1|0
|[[Pan American Games]]|0|2|0
|[[Jeux de la Francophonie]]|1|1|0
|'''Total'''|'''7'''|'''5'''|'''0'''
}}{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | [[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Goodwill Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Goodwill Games|1998 New York]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Jeux de la Francophonie]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|1994 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|1994 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|100 m]]}}
}}

'''Donovan Bailey''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}}<ref name="gg.ca">{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2022/appointments-promotions-order-canada |title=Governor General announces new appointments to the Order of Canada and promotions within the Order|publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General |access-date=June 29, 2022|date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> {{postnominals|country=CAN|OOnt}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Freeborn|first=Jeremy|date=2008-08-06|title=Donovan Bailey|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/donovan-bailey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013150427/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/donovan-bailey/ |archive-date=2015-10-13 |access-date=2021-02-02|website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]}}</ref> (born December 16, 1967) is a [[Jamaican Canadians|Jamaican-Canadian]] retired sprinter. He once held the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] for the [[100 metres]]. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to become Olympic champion in [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]. He was the first Canadian to [[Wind assistance|legally]] break the [[10-second barrier]] in the 100&nbsp;m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran {{convert|12.10|m/s|km/h mph|abbr=on}} in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded by a human at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/the-big-question-as-the-100m-world-record-falls-again-how-much-faster-can-humans-run-838899.html |title=As the 100m world record falls again, how much faster can humans run? |first=Mike |last=Rowbottom |newspaper=The Independent |date=3 June 2008 }}</ref> He was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2004 as an individual athlete and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 relay team.<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-05-13 |title=Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205185347/https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main |archive-date=2008-12-05 |access-date=2008-05-13 |publisher=[[The Sports Network]]}}</ref> In 2005, he was also inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Donovan Bailey |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/27-donovan-bailey |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229011940/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/27-donovan-bailey |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Donovan Anthony Bailey was born in [[Manchester Parish]], [[Jamaica]], on December 16, 1967, as the fourth of five sons to George and Daisy Bailey.<ref name=":0" /> Before going to [[Mount Olivet Primary School]], he would take care of his family's [[chicken]]s, [[goat]]s, and [[pig]]s.<ref name=":0" /> Donovan was fast when he was a young boy, with his former teacher Claris Lambert recounting that "He showed his athletic skills from grade one. He always came first in races."<ref name=":0" />

Before going to Canada, Bailey competed for one year at ISSA Champs for [[Knox College, Jamaica|Knox College]] in Manchester, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sportsmasters.com/the-glory-and-the-grudges-donovan-baileys-undisputed-autobiography/ | title=The Glory and the Grudges: Donovan Bailey's 'Undisputed' Autobiography | date=30 October 2023 }}</ref>

Bailey immigrated to Canada at age 12 and played basketball before graduating from Queen Elizabeth Park High School in [[Oakville, Ontario]].<ref name=":0" /> During high school, his brother, O'Neil, won 4 [[Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations|Ontario Provincial]] titles in the long jump. Bailey was exceptionally fast as well, clocking 10.65 seconds in the 100 m at the age of 16. However, his main interest was in basketball. After graduating in June 1984, Bailey attended [[Sheridan College]], for which he played basketball during the 1986–1987 school year. He graduated from Sheridan with a degree in Business Administration. Bailey then began working as a property and marketing consultant for an importing and exporting clothing company.<ref name="thesputnik.ca">{{cite news|url=https://www.thesputnik.ca/honouring-the-life-of-sprinter-of-donovan-bailey/|title=Honouring the life of sprinter of Donovan Bailey|first=Caitlin|last=Henshaw|publisher=The Sputnik|date=2018-02-16|accessdate=2021-08-03}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
It was only in 1990 that Bailey decided to begin racing professionally; after watching the 1990 [[Canadian Track and Field Championships]], he realized that most of the men competing were men he had beaten in high school. He began training as a 100 m [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] part-time, while working as a stockbroker. In 1991, he won the 60 metres at the [[Ontario]] Indoor Championships, and at the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in [[Havana, Cuba]], Bailey anchored Canada's [[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay team]], to a silver medal. In 1992, Bailey finished second in the 100 m at the national championships.<ref name="thesputnik.ca"/>

From 1993 to 1994, he competed for [[Fenerbahçe Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporx.com/digersporlar/rusya2013/eski-dosta-gore-turkiye-dogru-yoldaSXHBQ340722SXQ|title=Türkiye dogru yolda|publisher=Sporx|year=2013|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref> During this time, he claimed a bronze in the 100 m and a silver in the 200 m at the 1993 national championships, a silver in the 100 m and gold in the 4 × 100 metres at the [[1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|1994 Francophone Games]] in [[Paris]], and a gold medal in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref name="thesputnik.ca"/> However, despite his impressive performances at a national level, he was only chosen as an alternate for the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]]. American coach [[Dan Pfaff]], who coached Bailey's high school friend [[Glenroy Gilbert]] at [[Louisiana State University]] and listened to Bailey's complaints, was impressed by Bailey's performances considering his terrible form and fitness. Pfaff invited Bailey to train with him and Gilbert at LSU, and with just 3 months of training together, Bailey shaved 3 tenths of a second off of his 100 m personal best; his time of 10.03 seconds was the third fastest in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fiorabooksbyjohnfioravanti.home.blog/2018/02/06/black-history-month-in-canada-donovan-anthony-bailey/|title=Black History Month in Canada… Donovan Anthony Bailey|first=John|last=Fioravanti|date=2018-02-06|accessdate=2020-08-06}}</ref>

===1995: Breakthrough===
On April 22, 1995, Bailey made history by breaking the [[10-second barrier]] for the first time in the 100 m, becoming the 18th man and 2nd Canadian to legally do so. His time of 9.99 seconds was just 4 hundredths shy of [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]'s record of 9.95.<ref name="thesputnik.ca"/> In July, he broke Johnson's record with 9.91 at the national championships, the fastest time of the year, effectively asserting his name as a favorite for the gold medal at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]] later that year. Bailey went on to win the title in 9.97 seconds, then followed it up by anchoring Canada to their first world championship gold in the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}}]].

===1996: Olympic History===
With a world title now under his belt, Bailey was highly considered to be a favorite for the Olympic title in [[Atlanta]] that July. As a precursor to the centennial Olympics, Bailey broke the indoor 50 m world record during a competition in [[Reno, Nevada]] in 1996. He was timed at 5.56 seconds. [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] later matched that performance in 1999, but his run was never ratified as a world record.

Bailey was officially selected to represent [[Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] after winning his 3rd consecutive national title in the 100 m. On July 27, after a very disrupted start to the race, Bailey won the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|Olympic 100 m title]] setting a new world record of 9.84 seconds. During the race, he hit a top speed of 12.10&nbsp;m/s (43.6&nbsp;km/h or 27.1&nbsp;mph), which was the fastest top speed ever recorded by a human being at the time. Many Canadians felt Bailey's victory restored the image of Canadian athletes, after the exposure of [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]'s history of doping. At the time, Bailey was only the second person after Carl Lewis to hold all the major titles in the 100 m concurrently (World Champion, Olympic Champion & World Record Holder). 6 days later, he completed the 100 m/{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} double once again, anchoring Canada to their first ever [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Olympic {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} title]] in a national record of 37.69 seconds.

===Rivalry with Michael Johnson===
After the end of the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], American [[Sportscaster]] [[Bob Costas]] claimed that 200 m Gold medalist [[Michael Johnson (sprinter)|Michael Johnson]] was faster than Bailey because Johnson's 200 m time (19.32 Seconds) divided by 2 (9.66 Seconds) was shorter than Bailey's 100 m time (9.84).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Giddens |first=David |date=Aug 10, 2017 |title=Meet me in the middle: The weird Donovan Bailey vs. Michael Johnson 150m race |pages=1 |work=CBC Sports |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/bailey-johnson-150-match-race}}</ref> This started a debate on whether Johnson or Bailey was the real "World's Fastest Man", which in turn resulted in a [[Bailey-Johnson 150-metre race|150m race between the two]], in which Bailey won after Johnson allegedly injured his [[hamstring]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2004 |title=The World's Fastest Man |url=https://everything2.com/title/The+World%2527s+Fastest+Man |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

===1997 World Championships===
At the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]] in [[Athens]], Bailey attempted to defend his 100 m title, but was beaten by [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] and was forced to settle for the silver medal in 9.91 seconds. However, along with his Canadian teammates, he was able to defend Canada's {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} title in 37.86 seconds, the fastest time of the year. One of his last meets of the season was at the [[ISTAF Berlin]]; after finishing 2nd in the 100 m, Bailey ran the first leg of the "Dream Team II" in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay: [[Carl Lewis]]' last race of his career. With [[Leroy Burrell]] on the 2nd leg, [[Frankie Fredericks]] on the 3rd, and Lewis on the anchor, the team won in 38.24 seconds, a meeting record.

===1998 Goodwill Games===
Bailey and the 4 × 100 metre Canadian relay team won a silver medal with a time of 38.23 at the [[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results|1998 Goodwill Games]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], finishing behind the United States. Bailey ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing basketball during the post season of 1998, which effectively began the end of his athletics career.

===1999 Pan American Games and World Championships===
Bailey won a silver medal with the Canadian 4 × 100 metre relay team with a time of 38.49 at the [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999 Pan American Games]] in [[Winnipeg]], finishing behind Brazil. The silver medal matched his first international medal he won eight years earlier at the 1991 Pan American Games in the 4 × 100 metre relay and it would be his final international medal. Bailey was part of the Canadian 4 × 100 metre relay team at the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]] in [[Seville, Spain|Seville]] but the team was disqualified in the first round of heats.

===2000 Summer Olympics and 2001 World Championships===
He made a second attempt in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], but suffered from [[pneumonia]] and dropped out during the rounds. He retired from the sport in 2001 after the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Edmonton]], having been a three-time World and 2 time Olympic champion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Donovan Bailey to retire after 2001 season|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/donovan-bailey-to-retire-after-2001-season-1.265247|publisher=CBC News | date=May 31, 2001}}</ref>

==Post-retirement==
After racing, Bailey started his own company called DBX Sport Management which helps amateur athletes find a way to promote themselves. He also started a sport injury clinic in Oakville, Ontario.

He has been inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] twice: in 2004 as an individual, and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 relay team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main |title=Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]|date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2008-05-13}}</ref>

In August 2008 Bailey began work as a track commentator for [[CBC Television]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>CBC Television, ''Olympic Morning'', 16 August 2008</ref> He estimated that had [[Usain Bolt]] not slowed down near the end of the 100 m dash (which he still won in record time), he could have set a time of 9.55 seconds.<ref>''New York Times'', [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19sprint.html?pagewanted=print Sprinters Marvel at Bolt and Are Sure That His Best Is Yet to Come], CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, August 19, 2008 (accessed 19 August 2008)</ref> He returned as the track analyst for CBC's coverage of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CBC Media Centre - Press Releases - CBC ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR ROSTER OF EXPERT COMMENTATORS AND ANALYSTS FOR ITS COVERAGE OF THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES|url=http://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/cbc-announces-all-star-roster-of-expert-commentators-and-analysts-for-its-coverage-of-the-rio-2016-o.html|website=www.cbc.ca|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2010, Bailey was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by [[Canadian immigrant magazine|Canadian Immigrant Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2010|url=https://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/canadas-top-25-immigrants-2010|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Canadian Immigrant|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2014, Bailey pleaded guilty to a drinking and driving charge from 2012. This was the third driving-related incident for Bailey. In 1998 he crashed his car into a concrete utility pole and was fined $200 for failing to report an accident. In 2001, Bailey was fined $975 for driving 200&nbsp;km/h on a 100&nbsp;km/h road in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/08/26/donovan_bailey_pleads_guilty_to_drinking_and_driving_charge.html|title=Donovan Bailey pleads guilty to drinking and driving charge|publisher=The Toronto Star|date=2014-08-26|accessdate=2022-06-29}}</ref>

In 2016, he was made a member of the [[Order of Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2016/12/the-2016-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario.html |title= The 2016 Appointees to the Order of Ontario |date= December 14, 2016 |agency= Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration}}</ref> In 2017, [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] honoured him with a star.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/canadas-walk-fame-honour-sprinter-donovan-bailey/ |title=Canada's Walk of Fame to honour sprinter Donovan Bailey|publisher=Sports Net|date=2017-11-15|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Donovan_Bailey_1_of_6_Canadians_inducted_into_Walk_of_Fame/|title=Donovan Bailey 1 of 6 Canadians inducted into Walk of Fame|first=Liz|last=Brown|publisher=Kelowna Now|date=2017-10-26|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/trackandfield/donovan-bailey-walk-fame-1.4404649|title=Donovan Bailey 'humbled' by Walk of Fame star|publisher=CBC News|date=2017-11-15|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref>

In 2018, it was reported that Bailey had provided his entire athlete's trust of $3.75 million to [[Aird & Berlis]] lawyer Stuart Bollefer, who invested it in what was determined to be a tax evasion scheme by the Canadian government. Bailey lost the full amount due to the scheme, however the courts ordered Aird & Berlis to pay all outstanding taxes due to their negligence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/06/11/inside-the-offshore-tax-scheme-that-left-iconic-olympian-donovan-bailey-owing-nearly-23-million-in-unpaid-taxes.html|title=Inside the offshore tax scheme that left iconic Olympian Donovan Bailey owing nearly $2.3 million in unpaid taxes|first=Jesse|last=McLean|publisher=The Toronto Star|date=2018-06-11|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref>

In 2022, Bailey was named an officer to the [[Order of Canada]].<ref name="gg.ca" />

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[50 metres]]
|5.56 [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px|World Record]] 
|[[Reno, Nevada]], United States
|February 9, 1996
|-
|[[60 metres]]
|6.51
|[[Maebashi, Gunma]], Japan
|February 8, 1997
|-
|[[100 metres]]
|9.84 [[File:Sport records icon WR.svg|20px|World Record]] (1996–1999)<br>{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}[[File:Sport records icon OR.svg|20px|Olympic Record]] (1996–2008)
|[[Atlanta, Georgia]], United States
|July 27, 1996
|-
|[[150 meters]]
|14.99
|[[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
|June 1, 1997
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|20.14
|[[Bislett Games Oslo]], (NOR)
|July 4, 1997
|}

===Track records===
As of 9 September 2024, Bailey holds the following track records for [[100 metres]].
{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
|-
!Location
!Time
!Windspeed<br>m/s
!Date
|-
| [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford, BC]] || 9.97 || +2.2 || 02/06/1996
|-
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]] || 9.84<br>PB || +0.7 || 27/07/1996
|-
| [[Burnaby|Burnaby, BC]] || 9.99 || 0.0 || 18/05/1997
|-
| [[Cologne]] || 9.99 || –0.7 || 24/08/1997
|-
| [[Duisburg]] || 9.88 || +4.0 || 12/06/1996
|-
| [[Gothenburg]] || 9.97 || +1.0 || 06/08/1995
|-
| [[Ottawa]] || 10.05 || +1.8 || 30/06/1994
|}

==See also==
* [[Canadian records in track and field]]
* [[World record progression 100 metres men]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name}}
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Athletics Canada}}
* {{Team Canada}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20201109090118}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{Lou Marsh Trophy}}
{{Lionel Conacher Award}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 100 m Men}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Men|1996}}
{{Footer World Champions 100 m Men}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 × 100 m Men|1995|1997}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100 m Men|1994}}
{{Footer WBYP 100m Men}}
{{Canadian Newsmaker of the Year}}

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