Taylor Farmer

Daughter of Dennis and Princetta
Has one older brother, Tyler
Was born with cerebral palsy
Had never shot a firearm before joining her father at the range and shot her first pistol in 2012
She took up pistol shooting at her local gun club where she says she would not leave until she shot all 500 rounds out of the box
Three years later, Farmer picked up air rifle and met Greg Drown, a former captain of the Ohio State University Rifle Team, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis later in life and began competing in Para shooting sports
In 2017, just a year after graduating high school, Farmer was named to the national team and in 2018, she moved to Colorado Springs to train at the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center as a resident athlete
That same year, she was named the USA Shooting Paralympic Athlete of the Year
Taylor won a U.S. quota at the World Championships in 2019 and Tokyo 2020 will be her first Paralympic Games experience.

2018 USA Shooting Paralympic Athlete of the Year
2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, 3rd - SH1 Women’s 10-meter Air Rifle
2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, 3rd - SH1 Women’s 50-meter Three-Position Rifle
2017 World Shooting Para Shooting World Cup, 4th

Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 14th (R2 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Women, R8 - 50m Rifle 3 positions SH1 - Women), 26th (R6 - 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 - Open), 32th (R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open)

Most recent: 2023 – 16th (R2 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Women), 53th (R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open)
Years of participation: R2 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Women 2018, 2019, 2023; R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 - Open 2019, 2023; R6 - 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 - Open 2019; R8 - 50m Rifle 3 positions SH1 - Women 2019
Top finish: 14th – 2018 (R2 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 - Women)

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