Great Olympians

Biographies - TAY

Albert Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 3397

• 1908-07-11-16:00? - Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle - seventh (300)

Alfred Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 5584

• 1912-07-06-15:15 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round one - lost
• 1912-07-09-14:00 - Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight (-60 kg), round two - lost - eliminated (0.24)

Angelo Taylor

B. 1978-12-29, Albany, GA, USA
Athletics (2 gold)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
400 m Hurdles	gold	13th	gold	28857.6
				28857.6

Anthony Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 3638

• 1908-07-14-14:30 - Diving - Springboard, fancy (1 & 3m), round one, heat two - third (17.75)

Frank Morgan Taylor

B. 1903, USA; D. 1975
Track and Field (1 gold, 2 bronze)

	1924	1928	1932	HP
400 m Hurdles	gold	bronze	bronze	21600
				21600

At Paris, he stayed 1.4 sec below the world record, set by Frank Loomis at Antwerpen. This was not recognized as a World record though, as he had tripped one hurdle, which was not allowed in a record at that time. The second in the race was disqualified, so the man finishing third, Erik Vilen of Finland, was credited with the new World Record. The same would happen in 1932, when the silver medallist, Glen Hardin, was also proclaimed World Record holder.

Frederick Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 1632

• 1900-10-02-14:00? - Golf - men' s individual - fourth (2400)

Geoffrey Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 4601

• 1908-07-28-15:45 - Rowing - Coxless Fours, semifinal - lost (1170)
• 1908-07-29-13:00 - Rowing - Eights, round one, heat one - won (Q)
• 1908-07-30-13:15 - Rowing - Eights, semifinal, heat one - lost (780)
• 1912-07-17-13:20 - Rowing - Eights, round one - second (98)

Henry Taylor

B. 1885-03-17, Great Britain; D. 1951-02-28
Swimming (4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

	1906	1908	1912	1920	bonus	HP
400 m Free-style	silver	gold	SF:5th	SF:4th		8258
1500 m Free-style		gold	SF:5th	ht:dnf		9730.432
1 mile Free-style	gold
4x250 m Free-style Relay	bronze				740	3700
4x200 m Free-style Relay		gold	bronze	bronze
	8280	10800	900	968.432	740	21688.432

The complete 1500 m race at London was a mile long. Taylor was passed on the final lap by Thomas Battersby, who swam a new British mile best, which could not be recognised because it was swum in a 100 m pool (109.3yds), whereas records had to be swum in a 110 yds pool.

Olympic Competitor nr 2794

• 1906-04-24-10:30 - Swimming - 1 mile Free-style - first (4800)
• 1906-04-27-10:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style - second (3000)
• 1906-04-28-11:00 - Swimming - 4x250 m Free-style - third (480)
• 1908-07-14-16:45 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-15-11:00 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, semifinals - second (Q)
• 1908-07-16-16:15 - Swimming - 400 m Free-style, final - first (4800)
• 1908-07-21-14:30 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-23-15:45 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, semifinals - first (Q)
• 1908-07-24-14:30 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, semifinals - first (Q)
• 1908-07-24-16:20 - Swimming - 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - first (1200)
• 1908-07-25-15:30 - Swimming - 1500 m Free-style, final - first (4800)
• 1912-07-06-19:45 - Swimming - Men's 1500 m Free-style, round one, heat one - third - fastest (Q)
• 1912-07-09-12:35 - Swimming - Men's 1500 m Free-style, semifinals - DNF (130)
• 1912-07-11-12:10 - Swimming - Men's 400 m Free-style, round one - second (Q)
• 1912-07-12-19:10? - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, round one - third - fastest (only) third (Q)
• 1912-07-13-19:00 - Swimming - Men's 400 m Free-style, semifnals - fifth (130)
• 1912-07-15-12:45 - Swimming - Men's 4x200 m Free-style Relay, final - third (640)

Homer Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 2215

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - tenth (75)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double York Round - men - seventh (300)
• 1904-09-21-10:00? - Archery - Team Round - men - fourth (300)

Howard Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 477

• 1900-05-25-13:00 - Sailing - 3-10 ton class (2) - first (1600)

John Baxter Taylor, Jr.

Olympic Competitor nr 4377

• 1908-07-21-15:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-22-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, semifinals - first (Q)
• 1908-07-23-17:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, final - final voided
• 1908-07-24-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 1600 m Relay, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-25-12:00 - Athletics (track & field) - 400 m, re-run final - DNS (1920)
• 1908-07-25-12:30 - Athletics (track & field) - 1600 m Relay, final - first (1200)

John Robert Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 3990

• 1908-07-16-16:30 - Swimming - 100 m Backstroke, round one - first (Q)
• 1908-07-17-14:30 - Swimming - 100 m Backstroke, semifinals - third (922.5)

Louise Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 2226

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double Columbia Round - women - sixth (480)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double National Round - women - sixth (480)

Mabel Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 2227

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double Columbia Round - women - fifth (750)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double National Round - women - fifth (750)

Ralph Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 2216

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - 18th (1.92)
• 1904-09-20-10:00? - Archery - Double York Round - men - 14th (12)

Tom Taylor

Olympic Competitor nr 2355

• 1904-11-16-15:00? - Football - match one - won
• 1904-11-17-15:00? - Football - match two - won - final classification - first (2400)

Artur Taymazov

B. 1979-07-20, Vladikavkaz, then Soviet Union, North Ossetia, Russian Federation, competing for Uzbekistan
Wrestling, Freestyle (2 gold, 1 silver)

	2000	2004	2008	HP
-130 kg	silver			37800
-120 kg		gold	gold
				37800

His brother, Tymur Taimazov, competed for Ukraine as a weightlifter.

Written 2000-12-03 - last modified 2011-09-08

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