Hannah Taylor

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| hometown = Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Hannah Fay Taylor (born 30 April 1998){{Cite web|url=https://wrestling.ca/hannah-taylor/|title=Hannah Taylor|website=Wrestling Canada Lutte|access-date=17 March 2020}} is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Taylor competed for Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games,{{cite news |last1=Standard |first1=St. Catharines |title=Brock athlete pins down spot on Pan Am Games team by winning wrestle-off |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/sports/niagara-region/2019/05/17/brock-athlete-pins-down-spot-on-pan-am-games-team-by-winning-wrestle-off.html |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=Metroland Media Group |date=2 June 2020}} and at the Pan American Wrestling Championships she won the silver medal in 2019 and 2020.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1078217/world-champion-gray-prevails-at-pan-american-wrestling-championships|title=World champion Gray prevails at Pan American Wrestling Championships|date=20 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=19 March 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091672/arthur-win-pan-american-wrestling-champs|title=Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica|date=8 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=14 March 2020}} She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She is a member of the women's wrestling team at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Personal life

Taylor was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and grew up in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. She lives in the Niagara Region and studies sport management at Brock University.{{cite web |title=Hannah Taylor |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/hannah-taylor/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=2 November 2020}}

She graduated from Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside.{{cite news |last1=Network |first1=SaltWire |title=Taylor wins bronze medal at under-23 world wrestling championships |url=https://www.saltwire.com/sports/local-sports/taylor-wins-bronze-medal-at-under-23-world-championships-371109/ |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=SaltWire Network |date=1 November 2019}}

Career

In 2013, Taylor competed for Prince Edward Island (PEI) in wrestling at the 2013 Canada Summer Games and won a silver medal; she was the flag-bearer for the province at the opening ceremonies of the games.{{cite news |last1=Malloy |first1=Jason |title=Summerside's Hannah Taylor recognized by Sport P.E.I., Brock University |url=https://www.journalpioneer.com/sports/local-sports/summersides-hannah-taylor-recognized-by-sport-pei-brock-university-434674/ |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=Journal Pioneer |date=7 April 2020}} She later represented PEI in the sport of judo at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, due to being unable to find a training partner for wrestling in her weight class.{{cite news |last1=Puchalski |first1=Bernie |title=Alumni Spotlight: Hannah Taylor |url=https://niagara2022games.ca/about/alumni-profile/alumni-spotlight-hannah-taylor/ |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=BP Sports Niagara |date=4 April 2020}}

She competes for Canada in the 57 kg weight class and for the Brock University Badgers in the 63 kg weight class (previously in the 59 kg weight class).{{cite news |last1=Leithwood |first1=Stephen |title=Taylor, Pye named 2019-20 Athletes of the Year |url=https://gobadgers.ca/news/2020/3/25/general-news-taylor-pye-named-2019-20-athletes-of-the-year.aspx |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=Brock University |date=25 March 2020}}

In late 2019, she was defeated by Linda Morais in the 57 kg finals of the Canadian Wrestling Trials, thereby failing to secure an entry into the Pan-Am Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ottawa.{{cite web |title=Trials winners to begin 2020 season in Europe |url=https://wrestling.ca/trials-winners-to-begin-2020-season-in-europe/ |website=Wrestling Canada Lutte |accessdate=2 November 2020}}

= U SPORTS =

In 2017, she was named the rookie of the year by U SPORTS and in the same year, claimed a gold medal at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) wrestling championships.{{cite news |last1=Leithwood |first1=Stephen |title=Hannah Taylor: Brock's Outstanding Wrestler |url=https://gobadgers.ca/news/2019/2/5/womens-wrestling-hannah-taylor-brocks-outstanding-wrestler.aspx |accessdate=2 November 2020 |publisher=Brock University |date=5 February 2020}} From 2016–2017 to 2019–2020, she won a gold medal three times at the national level (U SPORTS Wrestling Championships) and four times at the provincial level (OUA Wrestling Championships).

= International competitions =

In 2019, Taylor represented Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games{{cite news |last1=Guardian |first1=The |title=Taylor drops close decision at Pan American Games |url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/sports/taylor-drops-close-decision-at-pan-american-games-340205/ |accessdate=2 November 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2019}} held in Lima, Peru in the 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by Giullia Penalber of Brazil. Penalber won one of the bronze medals. Later that year, Taylor competed in the 57 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her first match by Jong In-sun of North Korea.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}} In 2019, she also competed at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship where she won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086566/cuba-gold-medal-uww-u-23-world-champs|title=Cuban strikes gold as women's action concludes at UWW Under-23 World Championships|date=1 November 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=4 April 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2019|access-date=8 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} Two years later, she won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news|last=Dowdeswell|first=Andrew|date=5 November 2021|title=Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115088/yepez-guzman-ecuador-uww-u23-worlds|access-date=5 November 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG|archive-date=10 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

Taylor won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=5 August 2022 |title=India captures three golds on first day of wrestling at Birmingham 2022 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126652/india-three-golds-wrestling-birmingham |access-date=6 August 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Competition Summary |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=2022 Commonwealth Games}} She competed in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} Taylor won the silver medal in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.{{Cite web |title=2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113175541/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-11/results_11_santiago.pdf?VersionId=ocfKr13Qrtwtq9qEta1i5GULm0pZKAYL |archive-date=13 November 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2024, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico she earned a quota place for Canada for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris.{{Cite web |title=Qualified NOCs at 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/2nd_phase_acapulco_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=7daWt.sjVf3DcCmRgpMQwttDuVARZ8Sx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304175337/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/2nd_phase_acapulco_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=7daWt.sjVf3DcCmRgpMQwttDuVARZ8Sx |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}{{Cite web |title=2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/results_02_acapulco_tq.pdf?VersionId=JF17JQRQNzYOgzYC1imqNPlT1Awo0vIQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304172342/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-03/results_02_acapulco_tq.pdf?VersionId=JF17JQRQNzYOgzYC1imqNPlT1Awo0vIQ |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}