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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
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, 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 The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...
track cycling events at the
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in
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. His greatest success as a track cyclist came in the 2004 Summer Olympics in
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, where he won gold medals in the sprint and
Keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gambling ...
events. Following Bayley's failure to win a medal at the
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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. 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
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. 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. Bayley was finally selected to ride at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
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, 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
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, 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
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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 The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser th ...
inductee *2016 - Cycling Australia Hall of Fame


Major results

;2000 :1st Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior :1st Team Sprint, World Track Championships - Junior ;2001 :1st Keirin,
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:2nd Team Sprint,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
:2nd Keirin, Moscow (RUS) :2nd Team Sprint, Moscow (RUS) ;2002 :1st Sprint,
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,
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:1st Team Sprint,
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,
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;2003 :3rd Team Sprint,
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(RSA) :2nd Kilo,
Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...
, Sydney :3rd Keirin, Sydney (AUS) :2nd Team Sprint, Sydney (AUS) ;2004 :3rd Sprint, World Track Championships : Sprint,
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: Keirin,
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;2005 :1st Sprint, Oceania Games,
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:1st Keirin, Oceania Games,
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;2006 :3rd Team Sprint, Los Angeles (US) :3rd Sprint,
Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...
,
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:1st Keirin,
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,
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
:1st Sprint,
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,
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
:3rd Team Sprint,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
,
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
:3rd Team Sprint, World Track Championships,
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
:2nd Keirin,
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, Sydney ;2007 :1st Sprint,
Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...
, Sydney :3rd Team Sprint,
Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...
, Sydney :3rd Team Sprint,
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
,
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
:1st Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships,
Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
:2nd Keirin, European Track Championships,
Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
:1st Team Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships,
Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
:1st Team Sprint, Sydney (AUS) ;2008 :3rd Keirin,
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, Los Angeles


References


External links


Australian Cycling Federation Profile
* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayley, Ryan 1982 births Living people 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 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) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Australian track cyclists