Matthew McLeod "Matt" Taylor (born 23 April 1970 in
Atlanta
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) is an American
slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Competing in two
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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the
C-2 event in
Athens
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in
2004
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Events January
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During his career in C2 he was partnered by several different paddlers including
Lecky Haller
Jacob Alexander "Lecky" Haller (born 2 August 1957 in Glencoe, Maryland) is an American slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C2: 1983), ...
(1997-2000) and
Joe Jacobi (2002-2004)
World Cup individual podiums
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1970 births
American male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of the United States
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