Taylor Doyle

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]

Taylor Doyle
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Born (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992
Sydney, New South Wales
Sport
Disability classT38
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Long Jump - T38
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Long jump - T38

Personal

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

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
  1. "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Taylor Doyle". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "Taylor Doyle". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. "Angela Ballard crowned World Champion". Daily Telegraph. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "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.
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