| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 4 October 1997 |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Judo |
Taylor Gosens (born 4 October 1997) [1] is an Australian Paralympic judoka. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 4 October 1997 |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Judo |
Taylor Gosens (born 4 October 1997) [1] is an Australian Paralympic judoka. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [2]
Gosens is the daughter of Gerard and Heather and has a brother Jordan. [3] Her father competed at three Paralympic Games in athletics and goalball. She has four per cent vision as a result of aniridia, a congenital condition which means she was born with no iris, and glaucoma. [4] Gosen grew up with a passion for music that led her to studying sound engineering at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and taking up drumming. She left Brisbane to study a Bachelor of Entertainment Management at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. [5]
Gosens tried various sports in her childhood. She originally tried Brazilian jui-jitsu and took up judo as a way to managing stress during her studies in Sydney. [2] She has overcome an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction . She competed at the 2023 IBSA World Games in the Women's J2 +70 kg division, her major international competition. [6] [7]
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Gosen became the second woman to represent Australia in Paralympic judo. [2] She lost her two bouts in the Women's +70 kg J2. [8]
In 2024, she is coached by Ivica Pavlinic, who represented New Zealand in judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2]
