Editing Donovan Bailey (section)

===Early career===
It was only in 1990 that Bailey decided to begin racing professionally; after watching the 1990 [[Canadian Track and Field Championships]], he realized that most of the men competing were men he had beaten in high school. He began training as a 100 m [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] part-time, while working as a stockbroker. In 1991, he won the 60 metres at the [[Ontario]] Indoor Championships, and at the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in [[Havana, Cuba]], Bailey anchored Canada's [[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay team]], to a silver medal. In 1992, Bailey finished second in the 100 m at the national championships.<ref name="thesputnik.ca"/>

From 1993 to 1994, he competed for [[Fenerbahçe Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporx.com/digersporlar/rusya2013/eski-dosta-gore-turkiye-dogru-yoldaSXHBQ340722SXQ|title=Türkiye dogru yolda|publisher=Sporx|year=2013|accessdate=2021-08-06}}</ref> During this time, he claimed a bronze in the 100 m and a silver in the 200 m at the 1993 national championships, a silver in the 100 m and gold in the 4 × 100 metres at the [[1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|1994 Francophone Games]] in [[Paris]], and a gold medal in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref name="thesputnik.ca"/> However, despite his impressive performances at a national level, he was only chosen as an alternate for the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]]. American coach [[Dan Pfaff]], who coached Bailey's high school friend [[Glenroy Gilbert]] at [[Louisiana State University]] and listened to Bailey's complaints, was impressed by Bailey's performances considering his terrible form and fitness. Pfaff invited Bailey to train with him and Gilbert at LSU, and with just 3 months of training together, Bailey shaved 3 tenths of a second off of his 100 m personal best; his time of 10.03 seconds was the third fastest in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fiorabooksbyjohnfioravanti.home.blog/2018/02/06/black-history-month-in-canada-donovan-anthony-bailey/|title=Black History Month in Canada… Donovan Anthony Bailey|first=John|last=Fioravanti|date=2018-02-06|accessdate=2020-08-06}}</ref>