| Luke Bailey | |
| Headercolor: | green |
| Textcolor: | yellow |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Wingham, New South Wales |
| Disability Class: | T54 |
| Coach: | Andrew Dawes |
Luke Bailey (born 17 September 1997) is an Australian wheelchair racer. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics .[1] [2]
Luke Bailey was born on 17 September 1997 in Wingham, New South Wales.[3] He has caudal regression syndrome and spina bifida. In 2019, he moved to Newcastle, New South Wales to train.[4]
Bailey is classified as T54. After an introduction to Kurt Fearnley, he took up Para-athletics in 2011.
An elbow injury prevented him from competing at the national trials for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland.
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, he finished seventh in the Men's 100 m T54 and eighth in the Mixed relay.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Bailey finished 14th in his Men's 100m T54 heat and did not advance to the final.[5]
Bailey competed in three events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris - 100m, 400m and 800m T54 events. [6] In the lead up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, Bailey finished fourth in the Men's 100m T54 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.
He coached by Andrew Dawes and a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.[7]