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Athlete Bio

Christian Taylor

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Male Age: 35 Date of Birth: 6/18/1990

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Rana Reider Agent: Paul Doyle Sponsor: Nike

Residences

Hometown: Tyrone, GA High School: Sandy Creek High School College: University of Florida

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29x

Diamond League meeting winner

7x

Diamond Trophy winner

5x

Diamond League Final winner

4x

World champion

3x

NCAA Indoor champion

3x

NCAA champion

2x

Olympic champion

2x

World (Continental) Cup winner

2x

NACAC U23 champion

2x

In Top 8 World U20 Championships

2x

National champion

1x

World Indoor Championships Silver medallist

1x

In Top 8 World Championships

1x

IAAF World Relays winner

1x

World U20 champion

1x

World Youth champion

1x

World U18 Championships Bronze medallist

Olympic Games

  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, gold (Triple Jump)
  • 2012 London Olympic Games, gold (Triple Jump)

World Athletics Championships

  • Most recent: 2019 – gold
  • Years of participation:
    • Outdoor: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 
    • Indoor: 2012
  • Medals: 5
    • Gold: 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
    • Silver: 2012

Other Career Highlights

  • 2010 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (long jump)
  • 2010 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (triple jump)
  • 2007 World Youth Championships, bronze (long jump)
  • 2007 World Youth Championships, gold (triple jump)

Personal 

Son of Ian and Stephanie Taylor...Has one sister, Kaitlyn...Scratched on his first two jumps at the London 2012 Olympic Games before delivering in dramatic fashion to win the gold medal on his final attempt, securing the best triple jump of the year two years in a row...Won the 2011 world outdoor title with the third-best American performance of all-time and was the youngest jumper to advance to the final (21)...10-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA champion (outdoor-2010; indoor-2009-10)...Ruptured his Achilles at a 2021 competition in Ostrava and was unable to participate in the Tokyo Olympics...Currently recovering from surgery in Austria with his fiancée, Beat Schrott, an Austrian hurdler.

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