Taylor Doyle
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| Born | 19 December 1992 |
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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 | edit source]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 | edit source]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.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Taylor Doyle[dead link] at Athletics Australia
- Taylor Doyle at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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- Taylor Doyle at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian women long jumpers
- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Intellectual disability-category Paralympic competitors
- Competitors in the sport of athletics with intellectual disability
- Athletes from Sydney
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics