Marjorie Bailey

Marjorie Bailey (née Turner; born 21 November 1947) is a Canadian sprinter.

Marjorie Bailey

Personal information
Born	(1947-11-21) 21 November 1947 (age 76) Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 m relay
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 4×100 metres relay 1975 Mexico City 100 metres Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 4×100 metres relay

At the 1976 Summer Olympics she competed in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres. She made the semi-final round in both events. She ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 100 metre relay, which placed fourth and set a Canadian and Commonwealth record of 43.17.^[1]

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games, and finished fourth in the 200 metres.^[1]

She finished fourth in the 200 metres, and sixth in the 100 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

She was a descendant of black Loyalists (escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin who, in the 1780s, fled to Canada from America).^[2]