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Neil Walker

Personal information

Full name

Neil Scott Walker

Nationality

United States

Born

June 25, 1976 (age 35)
Verona, Wisconsin

Height

1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Backstroke, butterfly and medley

Club

Longhorn Aquatics

College team

Texas Longhorns (1995-1999)

Medal record

Men's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	4×100 m medley
Gold	2004 Athens	4×100 m medley
Silver	2000 Sydney	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	2004 Athens	4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1998 Perth	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	2005 Montreal^[1]	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	2007 Melbourne^[2]	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	2005 Montreal	4×100 m medley
Silver	1998 Perth	4×100 m medley
Silver	2003 Barcelona	4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold	2004 Indianapolis^[3]	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	2000 Athens^[4]	50 m backstroke
Gold	2000 Athens	100 m backstroke
Gold	2000 Athens	100 m medley
Gold	2000 Athens	4×200 m freestyle
Gold	2000 Athens	4×100 m medley
Silver	2000 Athens	50 m butterfly
Silver	2000 Athens	4×100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	100 m butterfly
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4×100 m freestyle
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4×100 m medley
Gold	1999 Sydney	4×100 m medley
Gold	2006 Victoria	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	100 m freestyle
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	100 m backstroke
Silver	1999 Sydney	100 m freestyle
Silver	1999 Sydney	4×100 m freestyle

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.

External links

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Walker's bio from www.sports-reference.com
^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
^ "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

v · d · e 2000 USA Olympic swimming team

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	Amanda Adkins • Samantha Arsenault • Amanda Beard • B. J. Bedford • Lindsay Benko • Brooke Bennett • Kim Black • Maddy Crippen • Misty Hyman • Kristy Kowal • Diana Munz • Rada Owen • Erin Phenix • Megan Quann • Gabrielle Rose • Kaitlin Sandeno • Courtney Shealy • Staciana Stitts • Julia Stowers • Ashley Tappin • Cristina Teuscher • Jenny Thompson • Dara Torres • Amy Van Dyken

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

v · d · e 2004 USA Olympic Swimming Team

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	Amanda Beard • Lindsay Benko • Caroline Bruce • Kristen Caverly • Haley Cope • Maritza Correia • Natalie Coughlin • Margaret Hoelzer • Katie Hoff • Rhi Jeffrey • Kara Lynn Joyce • Kalyn Keller • Dana Kirk • Tara Kirk • Rachel Komisarz • Colleen Lanné • Diana Munz • Carly Piper • Kaitlin Sandeno • Jenny Thompson • Dana Vollmer • Amanda Weir

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

World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1973: United States (Nash, Bottom, Montgomery, Murphy)
1975: United States (Furniss, Montgomery, Coan, Murphy)
1978: United States (Babashoff, Gaines, Montgomery, McCagg)
1982: United States (Cavanaugh, Leamy, McCagg, Gaines)
1986: United States (Jager, Heath, Wallace, Biondi)
1991: United States (Jager, Lang, Gjertsen, Biondi)
1994: United States (Olsen, Davis, Taner, Hall, Jr.)
1998: United States (Tucker, Olsen, Walker, Hall, Jr.)
2001: Australia (Klim, Callus, Pearson, Thorpe)
2003: Russia (Kapralov, Usov, Pimankov, Popov)
2005: United States (Phelps, Walker, Dusing, Lezak)
2007: United States (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)
2009: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Grevers, Adrian)
2011: Australia (Magnussen, Targett, Abood, Sullivan)

v · d · e World Short Course Champions in Men's 50 m Backstroke

1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 2000: Neil Walker (USA) 2002: Matt Welsh (AUS) 2004: Thomas Rupprath (GER) 2006: Matt Welsh (AUS) 2008: Peter Marshall (USA) 2010: Stanislav Donets (RUS)

v · d · e World Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke

1993: Tripp Schwenk (USA) 1995: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) 1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 2000: Neil Walker (USA) 2002: Matt Welsh (AUS) 2004: Aaron Peirsol (USA) 2006: Matt Welsh (AUS) 2008: Liam Tancock (GBR) 2010: Stanislav Donets (RUS)

v · d · e World Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Individual Medley

1999: Jani Sievinen (FIN) 2000: Neil Walker (USA) 2002: Peter Mankoč (SLO) 2004: Peter Mankoč (SLO) 2006: Ryk Neethling (RSA) 2008: Ryan Lochte (USA) 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Brazil (Scherer, Ferreira, Souza, Borges)
1995: Brazil (Scherer, Massura, Cordeiro, Borges)
1997: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Lüderitz, Heilmann)
1999: Australia (Fydler, Pearson, Thorpe, Klim)
2000: Sweden (Nyström, Frölander, Ohlin, Nystrand)
2002: United States (Tucker, Marshall, Lezak, Keller)
2004: United States (Brunelli, Walker, Dusing, Lezak)
2006: Italy (Calvi, Lanzarini, Galenda, Magnini)
2008: United States (Lochte, Lundquist, Adrian, Van Wie)
2010: France (Bernard, Bousquet, Gilot, Agnel)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski)
1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn)
1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda)
2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin)
2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett)
2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer)
2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini)
2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk)
2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Lagunov, Sukhorukov)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1993: United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen)
1995: New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray)
1997: Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim)
1999: Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler)
2000: United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker)
2002: United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak)
2004: United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus)
2008: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov)
2010: United States (Thoman, Alexandrov, Lochte, Weber-Gale)

v · d · e Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly

1985: Pablo Morales (USA) 1987: Pablo Morales (USA) 1989: Anthony Nesty (SUR) 1991: Matt Biondi (USA) 1993: Mark Henderson (USA) 1995: Scott Miller (AUS) 1997: Neil Walker (USA) 1999: Michael Klim (AUS) 2002: Ian Crocker (USA) 2006: Ian Crocker (USA) 2010: Michael Phelps (USA)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1985: USA (McCadam, Heath, Wallace, Biondi)
1987: USA (Jacobs, Oppel, Dalbey, Biondi)
1989: USA (Lang, Olsen, Gjertsen, Jager)
1991: USA (Jordan, Jager, Olsen, Biondi)
1993: USA (Hudepohl, Pepper, Fox, Olsen)
1995: USA (Fox, Hudepohl, Olsen, Hall)
1997: USA (Tucker, Schumacher, Olsen, Walker)
1999: AUS (Klim, English, Fydler, Thorpe)
2002: AUS (Callus, Pearson, Hackett, Thorpe)
2006: USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak)
2010: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Lezak, Adrian)

Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1985: USA (Carey, Moffet, Morales, Biondi)
1987: USA (Veatch, Schroeder, Morales, Biondi)
1989: USA (Rouse, Korhammer, Morales, Biondi)
1991: USA (Rouse, Barrowman, Henderson, Biondi)
1993: USA (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen)
1995: USA (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall)
1997: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Dusing, Walker)
1999: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Wales, Walker)
2002: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
2006: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
2010: USA (Peirsol, Gangloff, Phelps, Adrian)

Persondata
Name	Walker, Neil
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	June 25, 1976
Place of birth	Verona, Wisconsin
Date of death
Place of death

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