Bailey Lear
.jpg) Lear at the 2025 World Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | 17 March 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.02 (Eugene, 2021) |
Medal record | |
Bailey Lear (born 17 March 2001) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]She attended Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas.[2] A successful junior athlete, in February 2018, she became the fastest girls indoor 400 m runner ever in Texas with a 53.20 effort at the Texas Tech Open.[3] She committed to attend University of Southern California in late 2017.[4][5]
Career
[edit | edit source]She was a gold medalist at the 2023 U23 NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay alongside Will Sumner, Caleb Cavanaugh, and Kiah Williams.[6]
She finished fourth at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New Mexico in the 400 metres.[7] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as part of the 4 × 400 m relay team.[8] She was part of the quartet which qualified for the final, where they finished in the silver medal position.[9]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]
She finished fourth over 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[11] She was selected for the relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[12][13] On 24 April 2025, she was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[14] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, running the anchor leg as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships, and won the silver medal on the second day by finishing runner-up to Spain in the final.[15][16]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Lear was named an assistant coach for sprints and hurdles, and operations coordinator, for University of Georgia in October 2023.[17]
References
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- American women sprinters
- African-American track and field athletes
- USC Trojans women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Texas
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Georgia Bulldogs track and field coaches