Angelo Taylor

Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Event: 400mH
Personal Records: 400mH 47.50; 400m 44.05
Born: December 29, 1978, in Albany, Ga.
Current Residence: Decatur, Ga.
High School: Southwest DeKalb (Decatur) HS '96
College: Georgia Tech '99
Coach: Innocent Egbunike

Career Highlights: 2000 Olympic 400m hurdles & 4x400m relay gold medalist; 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Overall and GP Final champion; 2000 Jesse Owens Award winner; 2001, 1999 World Champs gold medalist in 4x400m relay; 3-time U.S. champ (99-01); two-time US Outdoor 400m champion; 1999 U.S. Indoor 400m champion; 1998 NCAA 400H champ

2007: US Outdoor champion 400m (44.05); 1st at Atlanta 400m (44.35); 1st at Dakar 400mH 48.68.
2006: 5th in 400m semifinals at USA Outdoors
2005: Did not compete.
2004: 2nd at Olympic Trials in the 400m hurdles (48.03); 4th in semifinal at Olympic Games (48.72).
2003: 4th in opening round of USA Outdoors 400mH (50.72); 1st in Turin (48.94); 1st in Milan (48.95); 6th in London (49.10)
2002: USA Outdoor 400m champion (45.00); 1st at Nike Prefontaine (44.85); 7th (48.87) in 400mH at Rome; 7th at Lausanne (49.20); ranked #10 in the world at 400m (#4 U.S.); ranked #7 U.S. at 400mH by T&FN
2001: Won USA Outdoors (48.53); ran anchor leg of USA's gold-winning World Outdoor 4x400m relay (2:57.54); 4th in semis at World Outdoors, clipping the 10th hurdle and being thrown off balance (49.23); won Norwich Union Challenge (49.01); had top four times by an American in 2001; ranked #3 in world, #1 in U.S. in 400mH by T&FN; ranked #10 in world & #3 U.S. at 400m
2000: Won Olympic gold out of Lane 1 with PR of 47.50 (fastest time in the world in 2000); ran 2nd leg in opening round of 4x400m relay for gold medal; won Olympic Trials 400 hurdles in 47.62; captured overall IAAF Grand Prix title; ranked #1in the world by T&FN
1999: Won USA Outdoors 400LH (48.49); ran third leg on gold medal winning 4x400 (2:56.47) at World Championships; 3rd in 400mH heats; won 400 at USA Indoors (45.50); ranked #2 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN
1998: 2nd at USA Outdoors (47.90 PR); won NCAA Outdoors (48.14; ); 2nd at Goodwill Games (47.92); won 400 (46.01) at ACC Indoor; 3rd in NCAA Indoor 400 (46.12); won ACC 400H (49.18); anchored winning 4 x 400 (43.6 for 3:01.89); ranked #3 in world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN
1997: 2nd in NCAA Outdoors (48.72 PR); 3rd NCAA Indoor 400 (46.18); 5th in semi at USA Outdoors (49.11); 2nd in ACC Indoor 400 (47.74); won ACC (49.35 PR); anchor winning 4 x 400 (45.7 for 3:06.23); ranked #9 U.S. at 400H by T&FN
1996: Won National Scholastic (51.13) and USA Juniors (50.92); bronze at World Juniors (50.18 PR); won Georgia state HS titles in the 400, 300H, both relays, and TJ
1995: Won Georgia state HS titles in 300H, TJ, and 4x400