| Nicknames |
Izzy (Facebook page, 01 May 2019) |
| Hero / Idol |
British rower Steve Redgrave. (Horse & Hound, 07 Mar 2013) |
| Injuries |
In August 2003 she broke two vertebrae and displaced another in a fall at Lummen, Belgium. She returned to riding two months later. (teamtayloreventing.com, 28 Aug 2015; oxfordtimes.co.uk, 23 Aug 2013) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"The day you stop being hungry [for success] is the day that you give up. You've got to want to be the best. You've got to want to win." (wispsports.com, 31 May 2018) |
| Awards and honours |
She won the 2001 Armathwaite Hall Rider of the Future Scholarship. (horseandhound.co.uk, 09 Nov 2001) |
| Famous relatives |
Her grandmother Jane Whiteley finished second at the Badminton Horse Trials in England. Her great-aunt Anneli Drummond Hay was an elite event rider and showjumper, while her mother Nicola Taylor competed in eventing at an elite level as a young rider. Her partner, British eventer Oliver Townend, won a gold medal in the team event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eventingnation.com, 21 Oct 2021; teamtayloreventing.com, 28 Aug 2015) |
| Other information |
STABLES
She runs Team Taylor Eventing in Bicester, England, and juggles her sporting career with being a mother of two. "It's challenging, but I wouldn't change it for the world. You know, when you had a really bad day at the office and you come home to real life, actually it's not that bad." (Facebook page, 17 Sep 2022; countrylife.co.uk, 10 Apr 2019; wispsports.com, 31 May 2018; teamtayloreventing.com, 03 Apr 2018)
MISSING RIO
She was selected for the Great Britain team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro but had to withdraw due to a minor injury to her horse Allercombe Ellie. (Facebook page, 05 May 2020) |
FEI Database
www.teamtayloreventing.com 
www.facebook.com/IzzyTaylorEventing 
twitter.com/1izzytaylor 
instagram.com/izzytayloreventing 
www.youtube.com/channel/UCf9ALlRwaFnVIRLok8IR_lQ 
