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Ryan Neville Bayley OAM (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional track cyclist and double Olympic gold medallist.

Ryan Bayley

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Neville Bayley
Born	(1982-03-09) 9 March 1982 (age 40) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team
-	Team Toshiba
Major wins
Keirin, UCI Track Cycling World Championships Sprint, 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Athens Keirin, 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Athens
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Keirin 2004 Athens Sprint Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Sprint 2002 Manchester Team Sprint 2006 Melbourne Keirin 2006 Melbourne Sprint World Championship 2001 Antwerpen Keirin 2001 Antwerpen Team Sprint 2002 Copenhagen Team Sprint 2004 Melbourne Sprint 2006 Bordeaux Team Sprint

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.[1]

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, missing out on a medal by 0.008 of a second.[7]

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[8]
• 2016 - Cycling Australia Hall of Fame[9]

Major results

References

External links

• Australian Cycling Federation Profile
• Ryan Bayley at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Ryan Bayley at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
• Ryan Bayley at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Ryan Bayley at Cycling Archives
• Ryan Bayley at CycleBase
• Ryan Bayley at Olympedia

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[fr] Ryan Bayley

Ryan Bayley (né le 9 mars 1982 à Perth) est un coureur cycliste sur piste australien.

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[it] Ryan Bayley

Ryan Neville Bayley (Perth, 9 marzo 1982) è un ex pistard australiano.

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