Career
Gailey was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, but later emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized United States. citizen in 1906. Foreign the 1904 Olympics, he was sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. The International Olympic Committee (International Olympic Committee) officially counts Gailey"s four medals for the United States, although research undertaken by several Australian newspapers in 2008-2009 showed that Gailey was an Australian citizen at the time.
In 2009, the Australian Olympic Committee stated that "Gailey"s medals, newly credited to Australia, increase the nation"s total at summer Olympics to 449".