Hannah Taylor

Biography

• Two-time 57kg bronze medallist at the UWW World Championships in the U23 division (2019, 2021)
• Won 57kg bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Made her Pan American Games debut at Lima 2019
• Won 57kg silver at the 2019 Pan American Championships, her first time competing in the tournament as a senior; repeated as silver medallist in 2020
• Won gold in the 57kg junior division at the 2018 Pan American Championships
• Wrestling Canada’s junior female athlete of the year in 2018 
• Was named U Sports Rookie of the Year in 2017 while competing for Brock University Badgers
• Won back-to-back U Sports national titles in the 59kg weight class in 2018 and 2019 before moving up to the 63kg weight class and winning the 2020 U Sports national title   

A Little More About Hannah

Getting into the Sport: Started wrestling at age 11 but after two short seasons at the school level joined a club team to compete more frequently… As a child would wear the medals her uncle won as a competitive wrestler… At her very first practice, the coach told her mom “she’s going to the Olympics”… Outside Interests:  Graduated with a Bachelor of Sport Management (honours) from Brock University in 2021… Works for a company, Ready in Five, that hires high performance athletes to run five-minute movement sessions online for schools and organizations… Enjoys spending time with her French bulldog, Nelson… Odds and Ends:  Favourite motto: Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want… Has always looked up to Tonya Verbeek… Once had a pair of wrestling boots she never lost a match while wearing and was terrified to compete without them when they got too old to wear; gave up her superstition when she continued to have success without them…