Ryan Bayley

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Ryan Bayley

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Bayley
Date of birth	March 9, 1982 (1982-03-09) (age 26)
Country	Australia
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
	Team Toshiba
Major wins
Keirin world champion (2001)
Infobox last updated on:
4 April 2008

Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Keirin
Gold	2004 Athens	Sprint
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2002 Manchester	Sprint
Gold	2002 Manchester	Team Sprint
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Keirin
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Sprint
World Championship
Gold	2001 Antwerpen	Keirin
Silver	2001 Antwerpen	Team Sprint
Silver	2002 Copenhagen	Team Sprint
Bronze	2004 Melbourne	Sprint
Bronze	2006 Bordeaux	Team Sprint

Ryan Neville Bayley OAM (born March 9, 1982 in Perth, Western Australia) is a professional track cyclist, who 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. He lives in Alexander Heights, a suburb of Perth.

His greatest success as a track cyclist has been in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won gold medals in the sprint and Keirin events. He also won gold medals for the Sprint and Team Sprint track cycling events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include:

• 2004 Australian Cyclist of the Year
• 2004 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year
• 2001 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year
• 2000 Male Junior Cyclist of the Year
• 2000 Australian Male Junior Track Cyclist of the Year

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] External links

• Australian Cycling Federation Profile