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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||
| Born | (1957-11-05) November 5, 1957 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||
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Fred Taylor (born November 5, 1957) is an American retired sprinter.[1] Taylor qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[2]
Taylor competed for the Texas Southern Tigers track and field team in the NCAA.[3]
Taylor finished second behind fellow American Stanley Floyd in the 200 metres event at the British 1981 AAA Championships.[4][5]
References
- "Profile". all-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- "Taylor Leaves Pack Behind". Abilene Reporter-News. 20 May 1979. p. 34. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- "Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 9 August 1981. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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