ANGELO TAYLOR
Event:
400m hurdles, 400m
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
PRs: 400mH - 47.25 (2008); 400m - 44.05 (2007)
Born: December 29, 1978, in Albany, Ga.
Current Residence: Decatur, Ga.
High School: Southwest DeKalb (Decatur) HS '96
College: Georgia Tech '99
Coach: Loren Seagrave
Agent: Kimberly Holland
Club: Nike
Career Highlights: 2000 & 2008 Olympic 400m hurdles & 4x400m relay gold medalist; 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials in 400m hurdles; 2007 World Outdoor 400m bronze medalist and 4x400m gold medalist; 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Overall and GP Final champion; 2000 Jesse Owens Award winner; 2001, 1999 & 2009 World Champs gold medalist in 4x400m relay; 3-time U.S. champ (99-01); two-time US Outdoor 400m champion (’02, ’07); 1999 U.S. Indoor 400m champion; 1998 NCAA 400H champ
After winning 2009 relay gold at the World Championships, Taylor is back for his fifth world championships team. Even with his elite career spanning more than a decade, Taylor is still turning in top performances, with his time of 47.94 ranking as his ninth best-ever performance. Taylor's season best in 2011 is even faster than he ran during 2002-2007. Taylor won his second Olympic gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2008 Games in Beijing, leading from start to finish in a personal-best and 2008 world leading time of 47.25. The 2000 gold medalist in Sydney, where he ran out of lane 1, Taylor duplicated a feat achieved only by Edwin Moses in this event, winning gold medals eight years apart. Also in Beijing, Taylor joined with LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner and David Neville in winning the gold medal in the 4x400m relay in the Olympic record time of 2:55.39. Taylor’s career has been a remarkable study in versatility and longevity. After a period of time at the turn of the century as the world’s best 400m hurdler, Taylor, in 2007, became the world’s #3 ranked competitor in the 400 meters, after winning the 2007 U.S. Outdoor title in that event in a personal best time of 44.05 seconds, and winning the World Outdoor Championships bronze medal later that summer. Taylor also ended the 2007 campaign ranked #6 in the world in the 400m hurdles following wins at Mt. SAC, Monaco, Hengelo and Dakar. One of America’s stars in the 400m hurdles in 2000, Taylor won Olympic gold just four years after graduating from high school, at age 21. He has won a total of five US Outdoor championships between the 400m and the 400m hurdles. After winning the 2001 U.S. 400mH title, Taylor split his time between the 400m and 400m hurdles before making his second Olympic Team with a runner-up finish at the 2004 Olympic Trials. When he first went out for track, Taylor tried all the events: “…When I tried the hurdles, I automatically knew that was the event for me.” Both his parents had run, and his father played football at Albany State (Ga.). Taylor is the fastest-ever 19-year-old in the 400H. If he had been born two days later, his 47.90 at the 1998 USA Championships would have been a world junior record. He was named collegiate Athlete of the Year in 1998. Taylor captured the 2000 IAAF Overall Grand Prix title, and collected a check for $250,000 for his efforts. His previous highest check was a $15,000 appearance fee…Taylor is the father of twin boys...website: wwwangelotaylorusa.com
2011: 3rd at USA
Outdoors in 400mH (47.94)... 1st in Monaco 400mH (47.97)...1st in
400m at Pre Classic (45.16)... 3rd 400mH at Rome (48.66)...4th at
Stockholm in 400 (44.82).
2010: 1st at
Daegu in 400m (45.21)…Did not compete at USA Outdoor Champs...2nd in
Rome (44.74)…1st at Baie Mahault in 400m (45.04) and 400m hurdles
(48.16)…3rd at Zurich (44.72)...4th in Doha in 400m
hurdles (49.66)…2nd at Lausanne (47.96)…2nd at Monaco
(47.79)…3rd at Stockholm (49.57)…2nd at Shanghai in 200m
(20.34)…4th at Gateshead (20.50)...ranked
#4 in world, #2 U.S. at 400m, #5 in world, #3 U.S. in 400m hurdles by T&FN...bests of 44.72, 47.79.
2009: 3rd
at USA Outdoors (48.30)...4th in opening round at World Outdoors
(49.64)...World Outdoor 4x400m relay gold medalist-1st leg
(2:57.86WL)...2nd at adidas Track Classic (48.70)…4th at
Nike Prefontaine Classic (48.79)...2nd in London (45.15)...ranked #4
in 400m & 400m hurdles in U.S. by T&FN...bests of 49.64, 45.15.
2008:
Olympic Games gold
medalist (47.25PR, World Leader)…4x400m relay Olympic gold medalist (2:55.39,
Olympic record)…3rd at Olympic Trials in 400m hurdles (48.42)…2nd at Nike
Prefontaine Classic (45.14)…2nd at Lausanne (44.38)…4th in 400m
(44.03) and 6th in 400mH (50.06) at DKB-ISTAF Berlin…1st at Baie Mahault
(44.34)…1st in 200m at Doha (20.08)…1st at Greensboro (19.80w)…ranked
#2 in world & #2 U.S. at 400m hurdles, #4 in world & #3 U.S. by T&FN… bests of
47.25 & 44.38.
2007: World Outdoor 400m bronze medalist (44.32) and 4x400m gold medalist
(2:55.56)...USA Outdoor champion 400m (44.05PR)…1st in 400m at Atlanta
(44.35)...1st in 400mH at Dakar (48.68)…1st in 400m at
Sheffield (45.25)…2nd in 400m at Madrid (45.05)..1st in
400mH at Monaco (48.45)…ranked #3 in world and U.S. at 400m, #6 in world, #4
U.S. at 400m hurdles by T&FN…bests of 44.05 & 48.45.
2006: 5th in 400m semifinals at USA Outdoors...bests of 45.24, 49.44.
2005: Did not compete.
2004: 2nd at Olympic Trials in the 400m hurdles (48.03)…4th in semifinal
at Olympic Games (48.72).
2003: 4th in opening round of USA Outdoors 400mH (50.72)…1st in Turin
(48.94)…1st in Milan (48.95)…6th in London (49.10)…best of 48.94.
2002: USA Outdoor 400m champion (45.00)…1st at Nike Prefontaine
(44.85)…7th (48.87) in 400mH at Rome…7th at Lausanne (49.20)…ranked #10 in the
world at 400m (#4 U.S.), ranked #7 U.S. at 400mH by T&FN…bests of 44.85 & 48.87.
2001: Won USA Outdoors (48.53)…ran anchor leg of USA's gold-winning World
Outdoor 4x400m relay (2:57.54)…4th in semis at World Outdoors, clipping the 10th
hurdle and being thrown off balance (49.23). He also was suffering from sinus
and stomach problems won Norwich Union Challenge (49.01)…had top four times by an
American in 2001…ranked #3 in world, #1 in U.S. in 400mH by T&FN…ranked #10 in
world & #3 U.S. at 400m…bests of 47.95 in winning in Lausanne and 44.68 in
winning 400m at Princeton Invitational.
2000: Won Olympic gold out of Lane 1 with PR of 47.50 (fastest time in
the world in 2000)...ran 2nd leg in opening round of 4x400m relay for gold
medal...won Olympic Trials 400 hurdles in a then PR of 47.62... PR'd in flat 400
at 44.89...captured overall IAAF Grand Prix title...ranked #1in the world by
T&FN...bests of 47.50 and 44.89.
1999: Won USA Outdoors 400LH (48.49)... ran third leg of gold medal
winning 4x400 (2:56.47) at World Championships; 3rd in 400mH heats...won 400 at
USA Indoors (45.50)...ranked #2 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...bests of 45.50i and
48.15.
1998: 2nd at USA Outdoors (47.90 PR)... won NCAA Outdoors (48.14 PR)
...2nd at Goodwill Games (47.92)... won 400 (46.01 PR) at ACC Indoor...3rd in
NCAA Indoor 400 (46.12)...won ACC 400H (49.18); anchored winning 4 x 400 (43.6
for 3:01.89...also PR 45.14 at 400m...ranked #3 in world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...
best of 47.90 and 45.14PR (400).
1997: 2nd in NCAA Outdoors (48.72 PR)... 3rd NCAA Indoor 400
(46.18)...5th in semi at USA Outdoors (49.11)...2nd in ACC Indoor 400 (47.74)...
won ACC (49.35 PR); anchor winning 4 x 400 (45.7 for 3:06.23)...ranked #9 U.S.
at 400H by T&FN...bests of 48.72, 20.67PR (200).
1996: Won National Scholastic (51.13) and USA Juniors (50.92)...bronze at
World Juniors (50.18 PR)...won Georgia state HS titles in the 400, 300H, both
relays, and TJ...bests of 50.18, 46.7 (400).
1995: Won Georgia state HS titles in 300H, TJ, and 4x400... best of
52.76.
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