Katy Taylor
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Katy Lynn Taylor |
| Country represented |
 United States
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| Born |
October 22, 1989 Houston, Texas |
| Height | 165.9 cm (5.44 ft) |
| Coach |
Jana Conter Mark Poole |
| Choreographer |
Lea Ann Miller Peter Tchernyshev |
| Skating club | Texas Gulf Coast FSC |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 164.05 2006 Four Continents |
| Short program | 57.26 2006 Four Continents |
| Free skate | 106.79 2006 Four Continents |
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Katy Lynn Taylor (born October 22, 1989) is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 Four Continents Champion and 2004 Junior World bronze medalist. She was an alternate to the 2006 Winter Olympic team after finishing fourth at the 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships.
Taylor was born in Houston, Texas, to Keith and Tammy Taylor. Her father owns and operates a wholesale floral business. She has one older brother, Brennan. As a child, she participated in a number of activities, including gymnastics, T-ball, soccer, ballet, and tennis. When she was four years old, Taylor told her parents she wanted to be a "pretty famous ice skater."
She attended Mayde Creek Junior High School and Mayde Creek High School. While in school, Taylor was a member of the National Honor Society and the student council and won the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence. Taylor was also a member of the 2007 State Farm/U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team. She graduated from high school in 2008. She was considering attending the University of Texas at Austin or another college in Texas, but decided to stay in her hometown and attend the University of Houston.
Taylor began skating one week before her sixth birthday. When she was eight, she began taking individual lessons with coach Jana Conter. She landed her first triple, a triple loop, when she was 10.
In 2001, Taylor competed on the juvenile level at the U.S. Junior National Championships, which are the national championships for skaters at the juvenile and intermediate level. She finished third. The next year Taylor competed on the intermediate level and finished tenth. In the 2002–2003 season, she moved up to the novice level and qualified for the 2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships by finishing second at Southwestern Regionals and second at the Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships. At the National Championships, Taylor finished second behind gold medalist Kimmie Meissner. Taylor was then named to the team for the Triglav Trophy, where she won the silver medal on the novice level.
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