Christian Taylor, one of the greatest TJ'ers to ever compete, talks with J.T. and explains how he gets into his training mind set, what's it like to be a top field event athlete competing on the world's biggest stages and how track led him to his greatest love - his wife Beate Schrott.

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Name: Christian Taylor
Sport: Track and Field
Event(s): Triple Jump
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
DOB: 6/18/1990
Birthplace: Fayetteville, Ga.
Hometown: Fayettville, Ga.
High School: Sandy Creek High School (Tyrone, Ga.) ‘08
College: University of Florida, '13 Hospitality and Tourism
Coach(es): Rana Reider 

Olympic Games

• 2016 Rio Olympic Games, gold (Triple Jump)
• 2012 London Olympic Games, gold (Triple Jump)

World Athletics Championships

• Most recent: 2019 – gold
• Years of participation:
  • Outdoor: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
  • Indoor: 2012
• Medals: 5
  • Gold: 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
  • Silver: 2012

Other Career Highlights

• 2010 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (long jump)
• 2010 NACAC U23 Championships, gold (triple jump)
• 2007 World Youth Championships, bronze (long jump)
• 2007 World Youth Championships, gold (triple jump)

Personal

Son of Ian and Stephanie Taylor...Has one sister, Kaitlyn...Scratched on his first two jumps at the London 2012 Olympic Games before delivering in dramatic fashion to win the gold medal on his final attempt, securing the best triple jump of the year two years in a row...Won the 2011 world outdoor title with the third-best American performance of all-time and was the youngest jumper to advance to the final (21)...10-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA champion (outdoor-2010; indoor-2009-10)...Ruptured his Achilles at a 2021 competition in Ostrava and was unable to participate in the Tokyo Olympics...Currently recovering from surgery in Austria with his fiancée, Beat Schrott, an Austrian hurdler.

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