Angella Taylor-Issajenko

Angella Taylor-Issajenko (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958 in Jamaica) is a former Canadian sprinter.

In 1985, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

She was a part of the doping regime of George Astaphan, the physician who infamously supplied Ben Johnson with stanazolol. [cite news |first=Michael |last=Janofsky |title=Doctor Says That He Treated Johnson With Steroids for 5 Years |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=950DE6DE1739F936A15756C0A96F948260 |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=1989-05-25 |accessdate=2007-01-01 ] After Issajenko's training partner Johnson tested positive for stanozolol in 1988, she testified in the Dubin Inquiry and gave a detailed account of widespread substance abuse in athletics.

Today Issajenko is a single mother of four including three teenagers: Natasha, Dmitry, and Sophie, who are aspiring Olympians. She works full-time with learning-disabled grade school students and has returned to track and field as a coach based out of the city of Toronto's track and field center on the York University campus. [http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/504755 Ben Johnson scandal still haunts track world]

Achievements

* 1979 – Pan American Games 100 m: 3rd / 200 m: 2nd
* 1982 – Commonwealth Games 100 m: 1st / 200 m: 3rd / 4 x 100 m relay: 2nd / 4 x 400 m relay: 1st
* 1984 – Olympic Games 4 x 100 m relay: 2nd
* 1986 – Commonwealth Games 100 m: 3rd / 200 m: 1st / 4 x 100 m relay: 2nd
* 1987 – IAAF World Indoor Championships 60m: 2nd

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

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