Neil Walker (swimmer)
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Full name | Neil Scott Walker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1976-06-25) June 25, 1976 (age 48) Verona, Wisconsin, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 swam for the University of Texas under Head Coach Eddie Reese and Associate Coach Kris Kubik.[1]
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.[2]
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
- ^ "Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Kris Kubik". Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ 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 Olympics.com
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Preceded by | Men's 50-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) November 18, 1999 – January 14, 2000 March 13, 2000 – September 2, 2002 | Succeeded by Matt Welsh Matt Welsh |
Preceded by | Men's 100-meter individual medley world record-holder (short course) March 18, 2000 – December 15, 2001 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Men's 100-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) March 19, 2000 – December 8, 2002 | Succeeded by |
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- 2000 United States Olympic Trials
- Pat Calhoun
- Chad Carvin
- Ian Crocker
- Josh Davis (team captain)
- Tom Dolan
- Nate Dusing
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- Gary Hall Jr.
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- Ed Moses
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- Michael Phelps
- Jamie Rauch
- Kyle Salyards
- Chris Thompson
- Scott Tucker
- Erik Vendt
- Neil Walker
- Tom Wilkens (team captain)
- Amanda Adkins
- Samantha Arsenault
- Amanda Beard
- B. J. Bedford
- Lindsay Benko (team captain)
- Brooke Bennett
- Kim Black
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- Cristina Teuscher (team captain)
- Jenny Thompson (team captain)
- Dara Torres
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- David Marsh
- Richard Quick (women's head coach)
- Eddie Reese
- Dave Salo
- Mark Schubert (men's head coach)
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