Neil Walker (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Scott Walker |
| National team |  United States |
| Born | June 25, 1976 Verona, Wisconsin |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, individual medley |
| Club | Longhorn Aquatics |
| College team | University of Texas |
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Neil Scott Walker (born June 25, 1976) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple events.
Walker represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a silver medal in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he also won a bronze in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. He also twice earned gold medals in the 4×100-meter medley relay, after swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats.[1]
At the 2000 Short Course World Championships in Athens, Greece, he set short course world records in the 50-meter backstroke, 100-meter backstroke, and 100-meter individual medley.
Walker retired from competitive swimming after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. He started a swim school with Olympian and former Longhorn teammate Ian Crocker and U.S. National Champion and former Longhorn teammate James Fike, with locations in Austin and Dallas. He is currently the head coach of Rockwall Aquatics Center of Excellence (RACE) in Rockwall, Texas.
See also[]
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 50 metres backstroke
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 100 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neil Walker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
External links[]
- Neil Walker on Twitter
- Neil Walker at the U.S. Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-15)
- Neil Walker at the International Olympic Committee
- Neil Walker at Olympics.com
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- American male backstroke swimmers
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American male medley swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns men's swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- People from Verona, Wisconsin