Editing Angelo Taylor (section)

==Career==
===Early life===
Born in [[Albany, Georgia]], Angelo Taylor studied at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] and won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] title in 1998 and placed second in 1997. In 1998, Taylor also won a silver medal at the US National Championships. He went on to win the title three times from 1999 to 2001.

Taylor made his debut in a major international meet at the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]], where he finished third in his heat in 400 m hurdles, but ran a third leg at the gold medal-winning US 4 × 400 m [[Relay race|relay]] team.

===2000 Olympic champion===
In 2000, Taylor ran a world-leading time at the Olympic Trials and entered the Sydney Games as a favorite. In a thrilling final, Taylor moved from fourth place to first over the final two hurdles and barely edged [[Saudi Arabia]]'s [[Hadi Souan Somayli]] by 0.03 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the event. Taylor ran in the heat and semifinal of 4 × 400 m relay race, the finals team for which won the gold medal. On August 2, 2008, the International Olympic Committee stripped the gold medal from the U.S. men's 4x400-meter relay team, after [[Antonio Pettigrew]] admitted using a banned substance.<ref name="pettigrew">{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Stephen|title= IOC strips gold from 2000 US relay team|agency=Associated Press|date=2 August 2008}}</ref> Three of the four runners in the event final, including Pettigrew and twins [[Alvin Harrison|Alvin]] and [[Calvin Harrison (athlete)|Calvin Harrison]], and preliminary round runner [[Jerome Young]], all have admitted or tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name="pettigrew"/> Only Taylor and world record holder [[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]] were not implicated.<ref name="pettigrew"/>

Taylor was eliminated in the semifinals of the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 World Championships]] in 400 m hurdles while struggling with a sinus infection and flu, but won a gold as a member of US 4 × 400 m relay team. He didn't make the US World Championships team in 2003 and was unsuccessful in defending his Olympic title at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], finishing fourth in the semifinal.

===Second Olympic title===
In 2007 Taylor set a new personal best in the 400 m and won the American title in the event. He won the 400&nbsp;m bronze medal at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]] in [[Osaka]] and won another gold medal as part of the USA 4 × 400 m relay team.

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, China, Taylor became a double Olympic champion, winning gold in the 400 metre hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay. At the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]] he failed to make it out of the heats of the hurdles, but was part of the American 4 × 400&nbsp;m relay team which successfully defended its world title.

Taylor finished second in the 200 m at the 2010 [[Rieti IAAF Grand Prix]] in August with a new personal record time of 20.23&nbsp;seconds.<ref>Sampaolo, Diego (2010-08-29). [http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58113.html Rudisha lowers 800 m World record again, 1:41.01; Carter dashes 9.78sec in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.</ref> He fell behind [[Kerron Clement]] and [[Bershawn Jackson]] in the hurdles rankings that year, but in the [[2010 IAAF Diamond League]] he managed top three finishes in Lausanne, Monaco and Stockholm. He had a season's best of 47.79 seconds for the event that year. He also had two podium finishes in the 400&nbsp;m, coming second at the [[Golden Gala]] and third in a season's best of 44.72 seconds at the [[Weltklasse Zurich]].<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=3358&Season=2010&Odd=0 Angelo Taylor]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.</ref>

He came third in the 400&nbsp;m hurdles at the [[2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] with a season's best run of 47.94 seconds, gaining a place on the national team. He won at the [[Herculis]] meeting in July, but did not peak for the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]], where he finished seventh in the final.<ref>{{World Athletics||Angelo Taylor}}</ref> He performed well in the relay, however, taking the United States to victory in a time of 2:59.31 minutes alongside [[Greg Nixon]], Bershawn Jackson and [[LaShawn Merritt]].

Taylor began his 2012 season with a runner-up finish at the [[Mt. SAC Relays]]. He was third over 400&nbsp;m at the Doha [[2012 Diamond League]] meet and won the first 400&nbsp;m hurdles race in Shanghai.<ref>Johnson, Len (2012-05-19). [http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=65015.html Liu Xiang and G. Dibaba the standouts in rainy Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.</ref>

===2012 London Summer Olympics===
Taylor was captain of the USA men's track Olympic squad in his fourth Olympics. The two-time 400 m hurdles gold medalist finished fifth in the event in a time of 48.25.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/080612aaa.html |title=Taylor Finishes Fifth In 400-meter Hurdle Olympic Finals |website=ramblinwreck.com|date=August 6, 2012 }}</ref> In the 4 × 400 × m relay finals, Taylor ran the anchor leg and was given the lead but was chased down by the Bahamas, so the USA team won the silver medal.