Neil Walker (swimmer)

Neil Walker

Personal information
Full name	Neil Scott Walker
National team	United States
Born	(1976-06-25) 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
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle 1998 Perth 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 50 m backstroke 2000 Athens 100 m backstroke 2000 Athens 100 m medley 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Athens 50 m butterfly 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1997 Fukuoka 100 m butterfly 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 1999 Sydney 4×100 m medley 2006 Victoria 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 100 m backstroke 1999 Sydney 100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle

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.

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

External links

• Neil Walker on Twitter
• 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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