Ryan Bayley
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| Full name | Ryan Bayley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1982 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Keirin, 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Athens |
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Ryan Neville Bayley OAM (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional track cyclist 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 Australian Institute of Sport.
Bayley won gold medals for the Sprint and Team Sprint track cycling events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
His greatest success as a track cyclist came in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won gold medals in the sprint and Keirin events.
Following Bayley's failure to win a medal at the World Cup round in Sydney in December 2007, he was criticized by Martin Barras, 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.[2][3]
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.[4]
Bayley was finally selected to ride at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as Perkins had not competed in any Team Sprint events.[5][6] 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, missig out on a medal by 0.008 of a second.[7]
Bayley now lives in Brisbane with his wife Kristin, and their children, Aurora Rosalie Bayley (born November 2010) and Lincoln Jasper Ray Bayley (born August 2013).
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[8]
Career highlights
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- 2000
- 1st Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior
- 1st Team Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior
- 2001
- 1st ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› 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
Sprint, Olympic Games- 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
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 UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's keirin |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Track cyclists
- Australian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Western Australian Sports Star of the Year winners
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
