Edouard Taylor

Edouard-Henry Taylor (born June 18, 1880 in Paris , † September 24, 1903 in Aubervilliers ) was a French track cyclist .

Edouard Taylor had English parents, but was born and raised in Paris. Although he was already weak as a child, Edouard Taylor began his racing career at the age of 15. Because it was so strikingly delicate, the audience called it gosse rouge (French, "red tot"). In 1896, at the age of 16, he turned professional . In 1897 and 1898 he started in the USA for several months. The year 1899 was his best: Taylor won several great prizes as a stalker , became French champion and was the first to set the record of covering the kilometer in one minute (behind pacemaker). In 1900 he took part in the Olympic Games in Paris and was third behind Arthur Chase and Émile Bouhours in the professional stand-up race .

After Taylor had taken third place in the professional stayer race at the World Track Cycling Championships in 1902 , he had to end his racing career due to illness and then worked as a trainer. In 1903 he died of tuberculosis .

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Individual evidence

↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , p. 73. This competition is not officially considered to be Olympic.

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Edouard Taylor in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Taylor, Edouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Taylor, Edouard-Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH	September 24, 1903
Place of death	Aubervilliers , France

[1] Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , p. 73. This competition is not officially considered to be Olympic.