Taylor Doyle
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| Born | 19 December 1992 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | T38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Taylor Doyle (born 19 December 1992) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual and physical disability. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.[1]
Personal
[edit]Doyle was born on 19 December 1992 in Sydney, New South Wales.[2] At 8 months old, she was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis which causes epilepsy and daily seizures.[2]
In 2014 she had epilepsy surgery to reduce the seizures. The surgery was successful, she has had no seizures since 14 April 2014.
However the surgery left her with right side weakness. Through physio and training she is able to compete competitively, in the T38 classification, in Para Athletics.
Athletics
[edit]Doyle took up little athletics at the age of nine.[2] Doyle has competed at national and international Special Olympics events. She is classified as a T38 athlete. At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, she finished 9th in the Women's Long Jump F20 prior to epilepsy surgery. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, she competed in two events and finished 9th in the Women's Long Jump T38 and 7th in the Women's 100m T38.[3] Her time of 14.29 in the 100m was a personal best.[4]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's Long Jump T38 with an Australian record jump of 4.62m.[5]
She is a member of the Girraween Athletics Club.[2]
Taylor is coached by Greg Smith, and also trains at NSWIS. She announced her retirement through Twitter in July 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Taylor Doyle". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Taylor Doyle". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Angela Ballard crowned World Champion". Daily Telegraph. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Taylor Doyle". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Taylor Doyle at the International Paralympic Committee
- Taylor Doyle at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Taylor Doyle at Paralympics Australia
- Taylor Doyle at Athletics Australia
- Taylor Doyle at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Taylor Doyle at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian female long jumpers
- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Competitors in athletics with intellectual disability
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes from Sydney
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen