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Angella Taylor-Issajenko (Angella Taylor) was born on 28 September, 1958 in Jamaica, is a Canadian sprinter (born 1958). Discover Angella Taylor-Issajenko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Angella Taylor |
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| Age |
65 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
28 September, 1958 |
| Birthday |
28 September |
| Birthplace |
Jamaica |
| Nationality |
Canada
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She is a member of famous Sprinter with the age 65 years old group.
Angella Taylor-Issajenko Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Angella Taylor-Issajenko Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Angella Taylor-Issajenko worth at the age of 65 years old? Angella Taylor-Issajenko’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sprinter. She is from Canada. We have estimated Angella Taylor-Issajenko's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Timeline
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter.
Taylor was born in Jamaica on September 28, 1958.
Her breakout performance came at the 1979 Pan Am Games, where she took a bronze in the 100 m and a silver in the 200 m, and set national records of 11.20 and 22.80 respectively.
Between 1979–1987, she was ranked inside the world's top ten in the 100 metres six times, and in the 200 metres three times.
Note: At the World Cup in 1979 and 1981, Taylor-Issajenko was representing the Americas continent.
Despite Canada's boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, she dominated post-Olympic competition in the summer of 1980, winning several meets, and finishing second in the 100 m to Marlies Göhr, and third in the 200 m behind Bärbel Wöckel at the final stop in Zürich.
She was the 200 m champion at the Liberty Bell Classic (which was an alternate to the boycotted Olympics).
She lowered her national records to 11.12 for the 100 m and 22.55 for the 200 m by the end of the 1981 season.
At the Commonwealth Games she won seven medals, including the 100 metres title in Brisbane 1982 and the 200 metres in Edinburgh 1986.
Taylor was the 1982 Commonwealth 100 m champion in 11.00, a Commonwealth record and Games record, and anchored Canada to a gold in the 4 × 400 m relay, holding off Raelene Boyle.
She also took a bronze in the 200 m and won a silver as part of the 4 × 100 m relay.
Once again she improved upon the Canadian records for 100 m (11.00) and 200 m (22.25), She injured her sciatic nerve in the off-season training for the 1983 season, which troubled her for the rest of her career.
In 1983, she won a bronze in 100m at the World University Games held in Edmonton.
She also won silver in the 4 x 100-metre relay.
After finishing a disappointing seventh in the 100 metres at the world championships, she opted out of the relay.
She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984.
Taylor won an Olympic silver medal as part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team in 1984.
In 1985, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
She also gave birth to her first child.
In 1986, now known as Angella Issajenko, she was again Commonwealth Champion, this time in the 200 metres.
She also won a bronze in the 100 m and a silver as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team.
Issajenko broke the world 50 m record indoors with a 6.06 clocking in Ottawa in 1987.
She won a silver medal in 1987 World Indoor Championships in a tight finish with Nelli Cooman, both women were timed in 7.08, but after a photo finish the judges gave the Championship to Cooman, who looked to have crossed the line with her shoulder first.
In the summer of 1987, she again broke the national record for 100 m with a time of 10.97 and finished fifth at the World Championships.
Note: In 1987, at the World Indoor Championships, Issajenko ran 7.08sec to win the silver medal behind Dutch Sprinter, Nelli Cooman.
After Issajenko's training partner Johnson tested positive for stanozolol in 1988, she testified in the Dubin Inquiry and gave a detailed account of widespread substance abuse in athletics which included her reading from her diary.
She later told her story to writers Martin O'Malley and Karen O'Reilly for her biography Running Risks which was a detailed tell-all of her sprinting experiences and her dealings with performance-enhancing drugs.
Today Issajenko is a single mother of four grown children.
Then in 1989, after her admittance of long term drug use at the Dubin inquiry, the IAAF stripped her of this medal and promoted the Bulgarian Anelia Nuneva to the silver medal position and fellow Canadian Angela Bailey to bronze.
As of 2008, she works full-time with learning-disabled grade school students and has returned to track and field as a coach based out of the city of Toronto's track and field center on the York University campus.
P.B. 100m – 10.97, 200m – 22.25, 400m – 51.81.
