Tanya Bailey (born 15 March 1981, in Dampier, Western Australia) is an Australian amateur

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cyclist. Bailey has been a part of the national BMX cycling team for more than 10 years but granted her first and only opportunity to represent her nation,

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, at the

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, where she became a semifinalist in the women's elite category. In that same year, Bailey has also achieved ample success in the sport, finishing second at the Australian national championships and the Supercross World Cup, held in

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. Throughout her sporting career, Bailey has been training with her personal and assistant national coach Wade Bootes for the Wanneroo BMX Club in

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. Along with her teammate Nicole Callisto, Bailey qualified for the Australian squad in women's BMX cycling at the

in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the Union Cycliste Internationale, based on her best performance at the UCI World Championships in Taiyuan, China. Although she was ranked no. 9 in the UCI rankings for female BMX cyclists and grabbed a tenth seed on the morning prelims with a time of 38.285, Bailey could not match a stellar ride in her semifinal heat with two unfulfilled attempts, a total of 22 positioning points, and an eighth-place finish, thus eliminating her from the tournament.

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Australian Olympic Team Profile

1981 births Living people Australian BMX riders Australian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Dampier, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub