- Neil Walker (swimmer)
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Neil Walker Personal information Full name Neil Scott Walker Nationality 
United StatesBorn June 25, 1976
Verona, WisconsinHeight 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) Medal recordMen's swimming Competitor for the United StatesOlympic 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.
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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 WelshWorld Record Holder
Men's 50 Backstroke (25m)
November 18, 1999 – January 14, 2000
March 13, 2000 – September 2, 2002Succeeded by
Matt WelshPreceded by
Lenny KrayzelburgWorld Record Holder
Men's 100 Backstroke (25m)
March 19, 2000 – December 8, 2002Succeeded by
Thomas RupprathPreceded by
Jani SievinenWorld Record Holder
Men's 100 Individual Medley (25m)
March 18, 2000 – December 15, 2001Succeeded by
Peter Mankoč2000 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
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)
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)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)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)
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)
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