Taylor

Farmer

Quick Facts

• 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.

Career Highlights

• 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 Experience

• 1-time Paralympian;
• 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)

World Championships Experience

• 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)