Neil Walker (swimmer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Scott Walker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 25, 1976 Verona, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke, butterfly, individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Longhorn Aquatics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neil Scott Walker (born June 25, 1976)[5] is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in multiple events. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and at the 2004 Summer 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.
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 individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
External links
References
- ↑ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ↑ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ↑ "7th FINA World Championships - 25m Indianapolis 2004". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ "5th FINA World Swimming Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ Walker's bio from www.sports-reference.com
- ↑ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ↑ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by 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 |
| Preceded by Lenny Krayzelburg |
Men's 100-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) March 19, 2000 – December 8, 2002 |
Succeeded by Thomas Rupprath |
| 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 |
| |||||||||||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.