Taylor Milne (born September 14, 1981) is a

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middle distance runner. Milne made his official debut at the

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, where he competed in the

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. At the 2016 Olympics he was eliminated in the heats of the

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. Milne first appeared and competed as part of the national team at the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuo ...

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, where he placed twenty-eighth in the men's senior eight kilometre run. In 2008, he set his personal best time and an equal Olympic A-standard of 3:36.00 by winning the

at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic in

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, which earned him a qualifying spot for the

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. Two weeks later, Milne captured another title and set a new championship meet record of 3:38.03 at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in

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, to fully secure his place for the Olympics, along with fellow athletes

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and Kevin Sullivan, who he considered to be his personal hero. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Milne ran in the first heat of men's 1500 metres, against ten other athletes, including

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of the United States, and New Zealand's

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, who eventually won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in ninth place by approximately two seconds behind

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of Spain, outside his personal best of 3:41.56. Milne, unlike his two other teammates, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he ranked below five mandatory qualifying slots for the next round. Milne also sought to qualify for his second Olympic games in

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; however, he failed to attain an Olympic A-standard of 3:35.50, and finished behind Brannen at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in

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, outside further from his personal best time of 3:50.07. Milne currently resides in

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, and trains for the Speed River Track Club under his head coach Dave Scott-Thomas, who also worked for numerous top-level Canadian athletes. He has a degree in

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from the

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in the United States, and worked as a field researcher for a company in Ontario which develops geospatial technology.

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