Megan Taylor

Taylor in 1932
Personal information
Full name	Megan Devenish Taylor
Born	(1920-10-25)25 October 1920 Rochdale, England
Died	23 July 1993(1993-07-23) (aged 72) Jamaica
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country	United Kingdom
Retired	1945
Medal record Ladies'Figure skating Representing Great Britain World Championships 1939 Prague Ladies' singles 1938 Stockholm Ladies' singles 1937 London Ladies' singles 1936 Paris Ladies' singles 1934 Oslo Ladies' singles European Championships 1939 London Ladies' singles 1938 St. Moritz Ladies' singles 1937 Prague Ladies' singles 1936 Berlin Ladies' singles

Megan Olwen Devenish Taylor (laterMandeville, laterEllis, 25 October 1920 – 23 July 1993) was aBritishfigure skater competitive in the 1930s. She won theWorld Championships in 1938 and 1939. Her father was Phil Taylor, aspeed skater.^[2]

Megan and fellow BritCecilia Colledge participated in the1932 Winter Olympics. They were virtually the same age—Colledge was 11 years and 68 days old, and Taylor was 11 years and 102 days. They are the youngest ever female competitors in any Olympic sport and the youngest ever competitors at the Winter Olympics.^[3][4] Taylor finished seventh, with Colledge following in eighth in thesingles competition.Sonja Henie, the dominant figure in women’s figure skating at the time, won her second Olympic gold medal here.

Taylor finished second behind Henie at the World Championships in 1934 and 1936. After Henie retired in 1936, Taylor and Colledge competed for prominence. Colledge won the Worlds in 1937, while Taylor won in 1938 and 1939. Taylor placed second behind Colledge three times at theEuropean Championships (1937, 1938, and 1939).

After her retirement from amateur competition, Taylor toured with theIce Capades.

*Did not participate

• E.R. Hall & T.D. Richardson –Champions all: camera studies by E.R. Hall (Frederick Muller, 1938)
• Richardson T.D –Modern Figure Skating (Methuen, 1938)

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