Fiona Taylor

Fiona Taylor
Personal information
Full nameFiona Cynthia Taylor
Born9 May 1971 (1971-05-09) (age 55)
Melbourne, Australia
Sailing career
Country Australia
SportSailing
ClassesMistral, 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

  1. ↑ "Fiona TAYLOR - Olympic Sailing - Australia". International Olympic Committee. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Fiona Taylor". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Fiona (2007). Spirit in sport: peak performance and the zone in sport. Shoreham, Vic.: Barakaya. ISBN 978-0-646-47504-2.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Fiona (2007). An olympian's guide to weight loss. Shoreham, Vic.: Barakaya. ISBN 978-0-646-47554-7.


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