Fiona Taylor
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Fiona Cynthia Taylor |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 9 May 1971 (age 53) Melbourne, Australia |
| Sailing career | |
| Class(es) | Mistral, Lechner |
Fiona Cynthia Taylor (born 29 May 1971)[1] is an Australian windsurfer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Melbourne, Taylor represented Australia in the women's Lechner event and finished in tenth place.[2][3]
In the early 2000s Taylor founded a coaching company, Barakaya, and published two books. Spirit in Sport : Peak performance and the zone in sport covers her winning seven windsurfing world titles and includes interviews with 15 other World and Olympic champions,[4] while An Olympian's Guide to Weight Loss discusses her personal weight loss experience.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiona TAYLOR - Olympic Sailing - Australia". International Olympic Committee. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fiona Taylor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Fiona Taylor". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Fiona (2007). Spirit in sport: peak performance and the zone in sport. Shoreham, Vic.: Barakaya. ISBN 978-0-646-47504-2.
- ^ Taylor, Fiona (2007). An olympian's guide to weight loss. Shoreham, Vic.: Barakaya. ISBN 978-0-646-47554-7.
External links
[edit]- Fiona Cynthia Taylor at World Sailing
- Fiona Cynthia Taylor at Olympics.com
- Fiona Taylor at Olympedia
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