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Douglasville, GA
Growing up near Atlanta, Elana Meyers Taylor's earliest memory of the Olympics was 1996 when she got to hold the torch as an 11-year-old girl. Meyers Talyor would excel in multiple sports in high school and attend George Washington University on a softball scholarship, playing shortstop and pitcher. After college, Elana began her bobsled career in 2007 making the national team in her rookie season and starting her transformation into one of the all-time greats in the sport where she currently has more Olympic medals than any other woman in bobsled.
Meyers Taylor made her Olympic debut at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010 as a push athlete for Eric Pac where they would win the bronze medal. The following year, she transitioned to be a bobsled pilot and would win a silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 driving the sled. At the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Meyers Taylor became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history by winning two medals a silver in women's monobob and a bronze in 2-woman bobsled.
Meyers Taylor is a mother to two children, Nico and Noah, both who are deaf. She is learning American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate better with her two sons. Meyers Taylor has been an advocate for children with disabilities and has worked with various Down Syndrome organizations since her son, Nico, has the genetic condition.
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