Timeline Elana Meyers Taylor

American bobsledder who came to the sport from softball. She is the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history and won gold at 41.

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1984 Elana Meyers Taylor born in Oceanside Elana Meyers is born in Oceanside, California, and grows up in Douglasville, Georgia.
2002 Elana Meyers Taylor plays softball at George Washington Meyers earns a softball scholarship.
2007 Elana Meyers Taylor takes up bobsled After missing the Olympic softball team, Meyers tries out for bobsled.
2010 Elana Meyers Taylor wins Olympic bronze in Vancouver As a brakeman, Meyers wins bronze in the two-woman event.
2014 Elana Meyers Taylor wins Olympic silver in Sochi Now a pilot, Meyers Taylor wins two-woman silver after setting a track record.
2014 Elana Meyers Taylor races in four-man bobsled Meyers Taylor is the first woman to win a medal in an international men's event.
2015 Elana Meyers Taylor becomes world champion Meyers Taylor is the first US woman to win the world two-woman title.
2017 Elana Meyers Taylor wins a second world title Meyers Taylor wins in Königssee.
2018 Elana Meyers Taylor wins a second Olympic silver Meyers Taylor takes silver in Pyeongchang.
2020 Elana Meyers Taylor's son Nico born Her son is born with Down syndrome, and she becomes an advocate.
2022 Elana Meyers Taylor becomes the most decorated Black Winter Olympian With five medals she passes Vonetta Flowers and Shani Davis.
2022 Elana Meyers Taylor wins two medals in Beijing After COVID isolation, Meyers Taylor wins monobob silver and two-woman bronze and carries the US flag at the closing ceremony.
2026 Elana Meyers Taylor wins Olympic gold at 41 Meyers Taylor wins monobob by 0.04 seconds, the oldest individual Winter Olympic champion.