Angela Bailey, the Canadian women’s record holder in the 100 metres and an Olympic 4×100 relay silver medalist, has died. She was 59.
Her death Sunday was confirmed by Athletics Canada.
The family said she died at home from lung cancer, adding she never smoked and suffered from mental illness for five years.
Bailey’s record time of 10.98 seconds in the 100 for Canadian women was set in 1987 and still stands.
She was part of the silver medal-winning 4×100 team at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Bailey’s medal-winning relay team members — Marita Payne, Angella Taylor-Issajenko and France Gareau — paid tribute to her in a statement, calling her “a tremendous competitor on the track.”
Bailey also won silver medals in 4×100 relays at the Commonwealth Games in 1978, 1982 and 1986.
Her thrilling battle in the relay with Raelene Boyle of Australia at the ’82 Commonwealth Games was brilliantly captured in a photograph at the time.
She holds Canada’s indoor track record for the 200 at 23.32 seconds. She competed in the 4×100 relay and 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Games.
She was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame in 2014.
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