 angelo f. taylor (born december 29, 1978) is an american track and field athlete, winner of 400-meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 summer olympics. his personal record for the hurdles event is 47.25&nbsp;seconds and he has a 400-meter dash best of 44.05 seconds. he won the bronze medal in the 400&nbsp;m at the 2007 world championships in athletics. he is a three-time world champion in the 4Ã400 m relay with the united states (2007, 2009 and 2011), and was also a relay gold medalist at the 2008 beijing olympics and silver medalist at the 2012 london olympics. ==career== ===early life=== born in albany, georgia, angelo taylor studied at the georgia institute of technology and won the ncaa title in 1998 and placed second in 1997. in 1998, taylor also won a silver medal at the us national championships. he went on to win the title three times from 1999 to 2001. taylor made his debut in a major international m
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