Elana Meyers Taylor is an American bobsledder who has won six Olympic medals, most recently the gold medal in monobob at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. With that victory Meyers Taylor set several notable records. She became the oldest athlete, at 41 years old, to ever win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Her six medals also made her the winningest Black athlete in Winter Olympics history and, in a tie with speed skater Bonnie Blair, the most decorated American female Winter Olympian. Prior to her career on the ice, Meyers Taylor was a collegiate softball player at George Washington University. Taylor has two children, both of whom have special needs, with her husband, Nic Taylor, a former bobsledder.
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