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Elana Meyers Taylor

Elana Meyers Taylor

Keynote Speaker: 5x Olympic Medalist & World Champion in Women's Bobsledding; Most Decorated Black Athlete in Winter Olympic Games History

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Elana Meyers Taylor Biography

Elana Meyers Taylor is a four-time World Champion, eight-time World Championships medalist, five-time Winter Olympian medalist and 2015 World Cup Champion in bobsled. With her two medals in the 2022 Olympic Games, Meyers Taylor became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history. Meyers Taylor also has collected more medals than any man or woman in Olympic bobsledding. She also became the oldest American woman to medal in Winter Olympics history.

The daughter of a professional football player, Meyers Taylor was born in Oceanside, California, but grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. A naturally gifted athlete across many sports, she was drawn to softball and at 9 years old she declared her intention to become an Olympian. She attended George Washington University on a softball scholarship and went on to play professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice.

In the summer of 2007 she made the trip to Lake Placid, N.Y., home of the US National Bobsled Team. She never left. Meyers Taylor turned out to be an incredibly powerful brakeman and less than three years later she stood on the podium in Vancouver as an Olympic bronze medalist.

Post Vancouver, Meyers Taylor decided to take the wheel, or in the case of bobsled, the ‘D-rings’, and transition to the role of driver. Not long thereafter she became a regular on medals podiums around the world and eventually drove herself all the way back to the Olympic podium in 2014, this time in Sochi, Russia, and this time for silver.

In 2015, Meyers Taylor made history, becoming the first woman to earn a spot on the U.S. National Team competing with the men as a four-man bobsled pilot. She went on to become the first woman to win a medal in international competition in a men’s event. She won the 2015 World Championships in the women’s two-man event, the first woman in U.S. history to do so. That season she also won six of eight World Cup races and became the Overall World Cup Champion.

Meyers Taylor is partnered with the Women’s Sports Foundation, where serves on the Foundation’s Athlete Advisory Panel and travels the country sharing her passion for sports and equality with girls in our Sports 4 Life and GoGirlGo! funded programs. She served a six-year term as an athlete director on the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Board of Directors and is currently a mentor for Classroom Champions. Recently, George Washington University honored her with an honorary doctorate degree.

In 2018, at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Meyers Taylor battled back and forth with Team Germany over the four heat Olympic competition, missing the gold medal by just .07.

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Elana Meyers Taylor Speaking Topics

Diversity Issues & Challenging the Status Quo

Women’s Leadership/Creating Success in a Man’s World

Managing Change / Overcoming Setbacks While Pursuing Long Term Goals

In 2017, Elana overcame a very serious concussion suffered in a racing crash and has publicly announced she will donate her brain to scientific research b/c of the extreme lack of women who do so

Elana Meyers Taylor Videos

2018 GW Commencement Honoree - Elana Meyers Taylor
Elana Meyers Taylor on Leadership: 2015 Inspirational Leaders LUncheon
What I’ve Learned at 90 MPH | Elana Meyers Taylor | TEDxDouglasville

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What topics does Elana Meyers Taylor speak about?

Elana Meyers Taylor is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Olympic Sports, Athlete, Faith & Religion, Health, Women's Health, Sports, Genetics and Overcoming Adversity.

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Elana Meyers Taylor generally travels from Atlanta, GA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Elana Meyers Taylor is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Olympic Sports, Athlete and Faith & Religion. The estimated speaking fee range to book Elana Meyers Taylor for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Elana Meyers Taylor generally travels from Atlanta, GA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Lisa Leslie, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Laurie Hernandez. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Elana Meyers Taylor for an upcoming event.

Elana Meyers Taylor Speaking Topics

  • Diversity Issues & Challenging the Status Quo

  • Women’s Leadership/Creating Success in a Man’s World

  • Managing Change / Overcoming Setbacks While Pursuing Long Term Goals

    In 2017, Elana overcame a very serious concussion suffered in a racing crash and has publicly announced she will donate her brain to scientific research b/c of the extreme lack of women who do so

Elana Meyers Taylor Videos

2018 GW Commencement Honoree - Elana Meyers Taylor
Elana Meyers Taylor on Leadership: 2015 Inspirational Leaders LUncheon
What I’ve Learned at 90 MPH | Elana Meyers Taylor | TEDxDouglasville
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