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Elana Meyers Taylor Wins Monobob Gold, Ties U.S. Women’s Winter Medal Record

Her first Olympic title crowns a comeback driven by her husband’s coaching.

Overview

  • Taylor captured the women’s monobob at the Milano Cortina 2026 Games on Feb. 16, earning her first Olympic gold and a sixth career medal.
  • Six medals tie Taylor with speed skating great Bonnie Blair for the most Winter Olympic medals by an American woman.
  • Her sons, Nico and Noah, were on hand for the win, and she signed to them, “Mommy won,” as both children are deaf.
  • Husband Nic Taylor, a former U.S. bobsledder, chiropractor and conditioning coach, has been closely involved in her training and recovery, with prior roles as a two-time Olympic alternate.
  • The family communicates using American Sign Language and SimCom; Nico was born in 2020 with Down syndrome and hearing loss, and Noah was born in 2022 and is deaf.