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Born | July 27, 1992 |
Website | www |
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Sport | Paratriathlon |
Disability | PTWC |
Leanne Taylor is a Canadian paratriathlete.
Taylor was born in England [1] and is from Oak Bluff, Manitoba. [2] She moved to Wasaga Beach, Ontario when she was 10-years old [1] and graduated from Jean Vanier Catholic High School in Collingwood, Ontario now called Our Lady of the Bay Catholic High School. [3]
In 2019, Taylor competed in her first paratriathlon, the Paratriathlon American Championships in Florida. [4] She failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. [5]
In 2024, Taylor won the Americas Paratriathlon Championships Miami in the Women's PTWC classification. Taylor won her first career gold medal on the World Triathlon Para Series circuit at the Swansea event in 2024 with a time of 1:12:21. [6] She placed second at the next World Triathlon Para Series event that year in Montreal. [7] [8]
Taylor will compete in paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [9]
Taylor was paralyzed from the waist down in a mountain biking accident in Bison Butte Trail in southwest Winnipeg in 2018, [2] when she broke her back at the 11th thoracic vertebrae. [4] She lives in Winnipeg with her husband, Scott Dyck, [10] [9] and is a compliance officer for a pharmaceutical company. [11]
Michellie Yvonne Jones is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic silver medal, and the 2006 Ironman World Championship. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics as a guide for Katie Kelly, when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.
Jessica Tuomela is a Canadian paralympic competitive swimmer and para triathlete who was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She won silver in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and bronze in the Women's PTVI Paratriathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Melissa Stockwell is an American two-time Paralympic triathlete, swimmer and former U.S. Army officer. Competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in three swimming events, she returned to race in the 2016 Paralympic Games and won a bronze medal in the inaugural triathlon event on September 11, 2016.
Our Lady of the Bay Catholic High School is an English Catholic secondary school located in Collingwood, Ontario. It is under administration by the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board. The school has about 470 students enrolled from Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, and Clearview Township. The school is located at 160 Collins Street, Collingwood, Ontario, L9Y 4R1, Canada. The current principal is Kerri Parent.
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