page_title: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
hierarchical_section_title: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
caption_attribution_description: English: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor at the 2000 Summer Olympics
context_page_description: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor AM is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.
  In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m. During her career she also won international medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She is the cousin of Australian Olympic backstroke swimmer Josh Watson who won silver in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
context_section_description: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor AM (born 1 October 1971 in Narromine, New South Wales) is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.
  In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m. During her career she also won international medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She is the cousin of Australian Olympic backstroke swimmer Josh Watson who won silver in the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
caption: Melinda Gainsford-Taylor in 2000
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