Neil Walker (swimmer)



















































Neil Walker
Personal information
Full name Neil Scott Walker
National team
 United States
Born
(1976-06-25) June 25, 1976 (age 42)
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


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





  1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Neil Walker. Retrieved March 20, 2015.




External links




  • Neil Walker on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata


  • Neil Walker at the United States Olympic Committee





















Records
Preceded by

Matt Welsh
Matt Welsh


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

Jani Sievinen


Men's 100-meter individual medley
world record-holder (short course)

March 18, 2000 – December 15, 2001
Succeeded by

Peter Mankoč

Preceded by

Lenny Krayzelburg


Men's 100-meter backstroke
world record-holder (short course)

March 19, 2000 – December 8, 2002
Succeeded by

Thomas Rupprath





















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