Leanne
Taylor

Leanne Taylor’s bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris capped a determined journey to the ultimate podium.

Paralyzed from the waist down in a biking accident in 2018, Taylor decided while in hospital she was going to be a Para triathlete.

She completed her first paratriathlon just eight months after being injured. Just six years later, she had her sights set on Paris 2024.

Heading into those Games, she established herself among the world’s best with top-five finishes at the last two world championships: fifth in 2023 and fourth in 2022.

In June 2024, she won her first gold medal on the ITU World Series circuit. As of July 1, 2024, she was ranked third in the world in women’s PTWC. Over her career, she has earned three victories and 10 medals in 24 races sanctioned by World Triathlon.

In 2024 she also won gold in the women’s PTWC (wheelchair) at the Americas Championships in Miami and was Canadian champion in 2019.

After her medal performance at the Paris Games, she didn’t compete in 2025 due to her pregnancy. Taylor and her husband Scott Dyck, also her competition handler, welcomed Oliver into the world in 2025.

With baby in tow, she returned to competition in 2026 and is training for the world championships.

When she started, Taylor trained with Paralympic medallist Colin Mathieson for wheelchair racing.

She later discovered biking with another Paralympic medalist, Kristine Cowley, and joined a swim club for people with disabilities called Para Storm Swim Club.

Career highlights

2024 Paralympic Games bronze medallist… 2022, 2023 world championships… 2024 Americas champion and World Series victory.

Personal

Compliance officer at a pharmaceutical company where she won an award as one of the Top 25 Women in Biotechnology in 2022…. Her hero is Silken Laumann… Born in England and moved to Canada at age 10… Joined a triathlon club in university prior to her injury…

Notable international results

2024 Paralympic Games 3rd

2024 ITU World Series (Swansea, Wales) 1^st

2024 Americas Championships 1st

2023 World Championships 5^th

2022 World Championships 4^th