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{{short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1999)}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Christopher Taylor
| image       = Christopher Taylor (sprinter) (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Taylor in 2022
| birth_name  =
| fullname    =
| nickname    = Cubby
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1999|10|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Spanish Town]], Jamaica
| death_date  =
| death_place =
| height      =
| weight      =
| website     =
| country     = Jamaica
| sport       = [[Track and field]]
| event       = {{Plainlist|
* [[200 metres]]
* [[400 metres]]
}}
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[100 metres|100 m]]:''' 10.11 ([[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] 2018) '''[[List of Jamaican records in athletics|=NU20R]]'''
|'''[[200 metres|200 m]]:''' 20.35 ([[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] 2018)
|'''[[300 metres|300 m]]:''' 32.29 ([[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] 2022)
|'''[[400 metres|400 m]]:''' 44.63 ([[Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport]] 2022)
}}
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| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's track and field}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 World Athletics Championships|2022 Eugene]]|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[NACAC Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2022 NACAC Championships|2022 Freeport]]|400&nbsp;m }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2022 NACAC Championships|2022 Freeport]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World U20 Championships|World U20 Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships|2018 Tampere]]|[[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships|2018 Tampere]]|[[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 IAAF World U20 Championships|2016 Bydgoszcz]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American U20 Athletics Championships|Pan American U20 Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships|2017 Trujillo]]|200m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships|2017 Trujillo]]|4x100m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships|2017 Trujillo]]|4x400m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2015 Cali]]|400 m}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics|NACAC U23 Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2021 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics|2021 San José]]|4x100&nbsp;m}}
{{MedalGold | [[2021 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics|2021 San José]]|4x400&nbsp;m mixed}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2021 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics|2021 San José]]|400&nbsp;m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games|CARIFTA Games (U18)]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2015 CARIFTA Games|2015 Basseterre]]|400 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2015 CARIFTA Games|2015 Basseterre]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalGold |[[2016 CARIFTA Games|2016 St. George's]]|400 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2016 CARIFTA Games|2016 St.George's]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalGold |[[2016 CARIFTA Games|2016 St.George's]]|4×100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games|CARIFTA Games (U20)]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2017 CARIFTA Games|2017 Willemstad]]|400 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2017 CARIFTA Games|2017 Willemstad]]|4x100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2017 CARIFTA Games|2017 Willemstad]]|4x400 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2018 CARIFTA Games|2018 Nassau]]|200 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2018 CARIFTA Games|2018 Nassau]]|4x100 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2018 CARIFTA Games|2018 Nassau]]|4x400 m}}
}}
'''Christopher Taylor''' (born 1 October 1999) is a Jamaican 400 metre runner. He won the [[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics|400 metres event]] at the [[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics]] in Cali, Colombia in 45.27 seconds, a Jamaica Youth Record.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Taylor-mines-400m-gold-in-45-27-seconds | title=Taylor mines 400m gold in 45.27 seconds | publisher=Jamaica Observer | date=17 July 2015 | accessdate=6 September 2015}}</ref> Taylor also won the U-18 400 metres at the [[2015 CARIFTA Games]] in a championship record time of 46.64.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/christopher-taylor-296742 | title=Christopher Taylor IAAF Profile | publisher=IAAF | accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref> On 19 March 2016, Christopher Taylor delivered an extraordinary performance at the ISSA High School Championships in Jamaica, breaking national records and making a massive contribution in bringing his school, [[Calabar High School]], to their 7th consecutive victory. He also won the 2018 Jamaica Senior National Championships with a personal best and NJR of 44.88.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
He won the 400&nbsp;m hurdles silver medal<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jamaica's Christopher Taylor Finish 2nd Young NACAC Champs|publisher=The Caribbean Alert|last=Hanibal|first=Rek|url=https://www.thecaribbeanalert.com/jamaicas-christopher-taylor-finish-2nd-young-nacac-champs|date=13 July 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> and the gold in 4x100&nbsp;m and 4x400&nbsp;m mixed relays in the [[2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships in Athletics|2021 NACAC U23 Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jamaica-rack-up-67-medals-to-top-nacac-championships_225976s|title=Jamaica rack up 67 medals to top NACAC Championships|publisher=Jamaica Observer|last=Reid|first=Paula|date=13 July 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions 400 Metres Men}}
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[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Jamaican male sprinters]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Jamaican Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Spanish Town]]
[[Category:People educated at Calabar High School]]
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