BAILEY Luke

Date of Birth: 17 Sep 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T54

Place of birth: TAREE, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : NEWCASTLE, NSW

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T54

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
7	100m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	14.55
8	4x100m Universal Relay	2019	Dubai, UAE	52.41

Startking (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Mechanical Engineering - TAFE, Australia

Languages spoken:

Andrew Dawes [personal]

In January 2018 he sustained an elbow injury that prevented him from competing at the national trials for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (manningrivertimes.com.au, 27 Jun 2018; manningrivertimes.com.au, 16 Feb 2018)

In January 2015 he broke his wrist competing in a 10km event in Sydney, NSW, Australia, and was sidelined for six weeks. He still managed to win the race, and only realised the severity of the injury two days later. (manningrivertimes.com.au, 02 Sep 2015; winghamchronicle.com.au, 20 Jul 2015)

He took up wheelchair racing competitively in 2011. (manningrivertimes.com.au, 02 Sep 2015)

He became interested in the sport as a child when he was undergoing treatment for spina bifida at John Hunter Hospital in New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia. (manningrivertimes.com.au, 02 Sep 2015)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jun 2019)

Australian Para athlete Kurt Fearnley. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T54 (IPC, 17 Feb 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida. (manningrivertimes.com.au, 02 Sep 2015)

General
TRAINING FOR TOKYO
In 2019 he relocated from Wingham, NSW, Australia, to Newcastle, NSW, to start intensive training for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo with coach Andrew Dawes. Previously he only travelled to Newcastle once a week for a session with Dawes, mostly training on his own at the Taree Recreation Centre in Wingham. "This is so much better. We've got a quick team. I think we'll have a good chance, so there'll be some pressure on me. I've been to Japan once, I finished ninth [at the 2014 International Wheelchair Half Marathon], just behind the main bunch, so I'm hoping to improve." (NBN Television Facebook page, 19 May 2020; manningrivertimes.com.au, 04 Oct 2019; manningrivertimes.com.au, 27 Jun 2018; manningrivertimes.com.au, 16 Feb 2018; Wheelchair Sports NSW Facebook page, 20 Nov 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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