Taylor Manson (born September 29, 1999) is an American athlete who competes primarily in the

400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. From

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, she studied at

East Lansing High School East Lansing High School is a public high school in the city of East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It is managed by the East Lansing Public Schools district. The school is located about a mile north of the Michigan State University campu ...

and at the

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. She was a

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships, World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) ...

gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m and bronze medalist in the individual 400 m. At the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials held in

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, Manson reached the final of the

and qualified for relay pool of the

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at the

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. At the Olympics she took part in the

mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a Mixed-sex sports, mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women. Initially, teams were free to arrange participants in any order. This created scenarios where mixed genders run o ...

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* * * * * 1999 births Living people American female sprinters Sportspeople from East Lansing, Michigan Florida Gators women's track and field athletes Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics East Lansing High School alumni 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub