Christian Taylor (athlete)

Christian Taylor is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump. Born on 18 June 1990, he set a personal record of 18.21 metres, a mark that ranks second on the all-time list for the event. He first stood out as a junior, winning the triple jump and taking long jump bronze at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, and then developed at the University of Florida, where he won back-to-back NCAA Indoor titles and the NCAA Outdoor titles in 2010 and 2011. He took his first national outdoor title in 2011 and won the world title that year. Taylor won Olympic gold in the triple jump at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and again at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and he added world titles in 2015, 2017 and 2019. He also competed at a high level in the long jump and the sprints. In 2019 he announced The Athletics Association, an organization of professional track and field athletes meant to advocate for athlete rights independent of the IAAF.