Robert Earl Taylor (born April 29, 1953) is an American former sprinter.[1]
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Full name | Robert Earl Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 29, 1953 71) | (age||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1975 Pan American Games, Taylor was a member of gold medal winning 4 × 400 m relay team and won the AAU championships in 400 m in 1977.[2]
Taylor came third in the 400 meters at the 1977 IAAF Athletics World Cup in Düsseldorf whilst representing the US.[3] By virtue of this, he was part of a controversy as the race was re-run the day after the first run because Alberto Juantorena (of Cuba representing the Americas) lodged a successful protest that he had not been able to hear the starter's gun in the first race.[4]
Taylor was ranked as one of the best 400 m runners in 1976 and 1977.[5][6]
Year | World rank | US rank |
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1975 | - | 7th |
1976 | 7th | 5th |
1977 | 3rd | 1st |
1978 | - | 7th |
References
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