Neil Walker (swimmer)

Neil Walker
Personal information
Full name Neil Scott Walker
Nationality  United States
Born June 25, 1976 (1976-06-25) (age 35)
Verona, Wisconsin
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Backstroke, butterfly and medley
Club Longhorn Aquatics
College team Texas Longhorns (1995-1999)

Neil Walker (born June 25, 1976 in Verona, Wisconsin)[5] is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding swimmer from the United States. He swam for the USA at the 2000 Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and at the 2004 Olympics, where he won a bronze.[6][7] He also twice won gold in the medley relay, after swimming in the preliminaries. At the 2000 Short Course Worlds in Athens, Greece, he set short course World Records in the 50 back, 100 back and 100 I.M..

Walker retired from swimming competitively after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials and 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.

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References

  1. ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 
  2. ^ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070606111744/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09. 
  3. ^ "7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926041704/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Indianapolis_2004/results/pdf/Results_2004_World_Short_Course_25m_Indianapolis.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
  4. ^ "5th FINA World Swimming Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071218160948/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Fukuoka_2001/site/wldswimchamps00_results.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24. 
  5. ^ Walker's bio from www.sports-reference.com
  6. ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 
  7. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 
Records
Preceded by
Matt Welsh		 World Record Holder
Men's 50 Backstroke (25m)
November 18, 1999 – January 14, 2000
March 13, 2000 – September 2, 2002		 Succeeded by
Matt Welsh
Preceded by
Lenny Krayzelburg		 World Record Holder
Men's 100 Backstroke (25m)
March 19, 2000 – December 8, 2002		 Succeeded by
Thomas Rupprath
Preceded by
Jani Sievinen		 World Record Holder
Men's 100 Individual Medley (25m)
March 18, 2000 – December 15, 2001		 Succeeded by
Peter Mankoč
Men's team

Pat Calhoun • Chad Carvin • Ian Crocker • Josh Davis • Tom Dolan • Nate Dusing • Anthony Ervin • Scott Goldblatt • Gary Hall, Jr. • Tommy Hannan • Klete Keller • Lenny Krayzelburg • Jason Lezak • Tom Malchow • Ed Moses • Aaron Peirsol • Michael Phelps • Jamie Rauch • Kyle Salyards • Chris Thompson • Scott Tucker • Erik Vendt • Neil Walker • Tom Wilkens
Women's team
Coaches

Peter Banks • Jack Bauerle • David Marsh • Richard Quick (women's head coach) • Eddie Reese • Dave Salo • Mark Schubert (men's head coach) • Jon Urbanchek
Men's Team

Ian Crocker • Nate Dusing • Mark Gangloff • Scott Goldblatt • Gary Hall, Jr. • Brendan Hansen • Bryce Hunt • Larsen Jensen • Klete Keller • Dan Ketchum • Lenny Krayzelburg • Jason Lezak • Ryan Lochte • Tom Malchow • Aaron Peirsol • Michael Phelps • Scott Usher • Peter Vanderkaay • Erik Vendt • Neil Walker • Gabe Woodward
Women's Team
Coaches

Bob Bowman • Frank Busch • Teri McKeever • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese (Men's Head Coach) • Dave Salo • Mark Schubert (Women's Head Coach) • Jon Urbanchek