Rachael Taylor (rower)

Taylor's first Australian representative selection came at age eighteen when selected with Sarah Coconis to compete in a coxless pair at the 1994 World Rowing U23 Championships in Vaires Sur Marne, France. They did not make the final and finished in overall seventh place. That same year Taylor and Coconis raced the pair at the 1994 World Junior Rowing Championships in Munich to fifth place.^[4]

Taylor's senior selection debut came in 1997 when with Bronwyn Thompson she rowed the coxless pair to a fourth placing at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France after having raced at two World Rowing Cups in Europe that season.^[4] In 1998 Taylor competed in the Australian pair, four and eight at two World Rowing Cups in Europe and then in the eight to a fourth placing at Cologne 1998.^[4]

By 1999 Kate Slatter was Australia's prominent sweep oared female rower having won both world and Olympic championships in 1995 and 1996 in the coxless pair. Her partner Megan Marcks had retired and Slatter was looking for a new pairs partner for a 2000 Olympic campaign. Slatter and Taylor came together in the coxless pair. They raced at a World Rowing Cup and then at the 1999 World Rowing Championships in St Catharines to a bronze medal.^[4] In the 2000 Olympic year they raced with success at two World Rowing Cups in Europe before coming to Sydney. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics they placed second in their heat, won their repechage and placed second behind the Romanians in the Olympic final, beating out the US pair for the silver medal by 4/100ths of a second.^[4]

Taylor continued rowing at the highest level post-Olympics. She raced in both the coxless four and the Australian eight at two World Rowing Cups in Europe and secured the five seat in the eight for the 2002 World Rowing Championships in Seville Spain where they rowed to a silver medal.^[4]

• Rachael Taylor at World Rowing
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rachael Taylor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.