Nick Taylor
Sport: Wheelchair Tennis
Residence: Wichita, KS
Nick Taylor headed into the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing looking to repeat his success from 2004, when he teamed with David Wagner to earn gold in the quad doubles competition in Athens. Taylor and Wagner repeated as quad doubles champs, and Taylor added a bronze medal to his collection by winning the quad singles - open.
Taylor has been the world's No. 1 quad player in both singles and doubles and has shared plenty of team success, both with Wagner in doubles and as part of the four-time defending Invacare World Team Cup champions.
He earned his master's degree in Sport Administration from Wichita State University (WSU) in July 2007 and he earned two bachelor's degrees from WSU, one in Management Information Systems and the other in Sport Administration.
Taylor currently is the director of a women's professional tennis tournament that is a part of the USTA Pro Circuit and is the team manager for the WSU men's and women's tennis teams. He is also deeply involved in his local wheelchair sports group, helping coordinate fundraisers and events.
Career Achievements
- 2011: First Place, quad doubles- World Team Cup, Pretoria, South Africa
- 2010: First Place, quad doubles – US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York
- 2010: First Place, quad doubles – Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
- 2010: First Place, quad doubles – USTA Wheelchair US Open, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2010: First Place, quad singles – Daegu Open, Daegu, Korea
- 2010: First Place, quad singles – Sydney International Open, Sydneym Australia
- 2010: First Place – World Team Cup, Antalya, Turkey
- 2009: First Place, quad doubles – US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York
- 2009: First Place, quad doubles – Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
- 2009: First Place, quad doubles – USTA Wheelchair US Open, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2009: First Place, quad singles – Sydney International Open, Sydney, Australia
- 2009: First Place, quad doubles – Camozzi Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters, Palazzolo, Italy
- 2008: Gold Medal, Quad Doubles - Open; bronze medal, quad singles - Open - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
- 2008: First place, quad doubles - Australian Open
- 2008: First place, quad doubles - New Zealand Open
- 2004: Gold Medal, quad doubles - Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece
Nick works closely with The Hartford, Founding Partner of U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, helping to positively change public attitudes and perceptions about disability.
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